401, Lot: 421. Estimate $75. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 1.83 g, 5h). Diademed head of Venus right / Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. For prototype: cf. Crawford 458/1; cf. CRI 55; cf. Sydenham 1013; cf. RSC 12. Fine, toned, plating broken in several places, bent.