CNG 100, Lot: 1818. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.31 g, 8h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Wreathed head right; star of eight rays to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and vertical scepter set on star. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 122 (A–/R41 [unlisted obv. die]); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41. VF, toned, banker’s marks on obverse, a few shallow scratches.

From the Olav E. Klingenberg Collection, purchased from Lanz, 2003.