261, Lot: 241. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. Æ Dupondius (27mm, 16.09 g, 12h). Rome(?) mint; C. Clovius, praefectus urbi(?). Draped and winged bust of Victory right / Minerva advancing left, holding trophy, shield, and spears; at feet to left, snake left. Crawford 476/1a; CRI 62; Sydenham 1025. VF, dark brown and red-brown patina, brassy highlights, minor smoothing.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 946; Blançon FPL 9 (May 1991), no. 332.

A novel type probably issued for distribution at Caesar’s Spanish triumph.