Triton XIV, Lot: 588. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Julius Caesar. 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.89 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant walking right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; Kestner 3515-20; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; RSC 49. Choice EF, deeply toned. Exceptional.

From the C.K. Collection.