Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 940. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JULIUS CAESAR. 48-47 BC. AR Denarius (3.86 gm, 4h). Military mint moving with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak-wreath, cruciform earring, and pearl necklace; ^II behind / CAE-SAR across field, Gallic trophy with carnyx and oval shield ornamented with thunderbolt; axe surmounted by animal's head to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; Kestner 3558; BMCRR Rome 3955; RSC 18. EF, light gray and gold toning. ($500)