CNG 96, Lot: 726. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.00 g, 7h). 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, toned, minor deposits.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12818.