CNG 85, Lot: 819. Estimate $750. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.93 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Good VF, lightly toned, shallow scuff in upper left field on reverse.