CNG 87, Lot: 940. Estimate $750. Sold for $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.21 g, 6h). 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. EF, lustrous with light golden toning, two minor scratches in field on reverse.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 64 (24 September 2003), lot 815.