Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII | Auction date: 9 January 2024 |
Lot number: 612 Price realized: 6,500 USD (Approx. 5,953 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 5h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; CAESAR • IM downwards to right; large crescent dividing P M upwards to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and leaning on scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS BVCA around from upper right. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 21 (A4/R13 – this coin illustrated); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; BMCRR Rome 4152-3; Kestner 3685; RBW –. Toned with iridescence, light marks, areas of minor flatness on reverse, slight edge roughness. Good VF. Superb portrait of Caesar. From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Gemini III (9 January 2007), lot 315 (hammer $6,500); Luigi de Nicola Collection. Estimate: 4000 USD |