271, Lot: 37. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.41 g, 4h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. CAESAR IMPER, laureate head right / Venus standing left, lowering head, holding Victory and scepter, and resting elbow upon round shield set upon globe; A to left, M METTIVS to right. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, - (A1/R4 [unlisted die combination]); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35. Good VF, darkly toned.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong.