Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 612

Price realized: 6,500 USD   (Approx. 5,953 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 620

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.35 g, 3h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and leaning on scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 49 (A6/R2); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Lightly toned with hints of iridescence, minor marks and scratches, some flatness. Good VF.

From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XVI.2 (Second Quarter, 1991), no. 107; Numismatica Ars Classica 2 (21 February 1990), lot 472; Classical Numismatic Review XV.4 (4th Quarter, 1990), no. 50.


Estimate: 2000 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126Auction date: 28 May 2024
Lot number: 621

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.23 g, 4h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and leaning on scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 118 (A36/R37); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Toned with light iridescence, areas of soft strike, banker's mark and die flaw on obverse. Good VF.


Estimate: 1500 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5643

Price realized: 1,400 USD   (Approx. 1,286 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.97 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right; lituus and simpulum to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe to right; H to left. Crawford 480/3; Alföldi Type III, 22 (A4/R11); CRI 100; Sydenham 1056; RSC 34; RBW 1678. Iridescent toning, broken and repaired, crystallized, flan crack, porosity, some reverse die rust, scratches under tone. VF.

From the Wayne Scheible Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.


Estimate: 1000 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVII Online SessionsAuction date: 17 January 2024
Lot number: 5647

Price realized: 750 USD   (Approx. 689 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.61 g, 6h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter; shield set on ground to right. Crawford 480/13; Alföldi Type IX, – (A18/R27; unlisted die combination); CRI 107d; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; RBW 1685. Toned, light porosity, graffiti, bankers' marks. Near VF.

From the Kalevala Collection.


Estimate: 400 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIAuction date: 9 January 2024
Lot number: 611

Price realized: 4,500 USD   (Approx. 4,122 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.91 g, 5h). 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, 103 (A8/R4 – this coin illustrated); CRI 102 (same rev. die); Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Wonderful cabinet tone, reverse off center, reverse die wear. Near EF. A magnificent portrait of Caesar.

Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78 (26 May 2014), lot 480; Sternberg XI (20 November 1981), lot 547.


Estimate: 4000 USD