Lot description:
Julius Caesar, 49-44 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.86 g, 5 h), military mint moving with Caesar in Gallia Narbonensis or Hispania Citerior, 49-48. CAESAR Elephant walking right, trampling on horned serpent. Rev. Priestly implements: simpulum, aspergillum, securis with wolf's head at the top, and apex. Babelon (Julia) 9. Cohen 49. Crawford 443/1. RBW 1557. Sydenham 1006. Struck from a somewhat worn obverse die and with three minor banker's marks, otherwise, about very fine.
From the collection of a Swiss scholar, formed over the past thirty years.
Starting price: 50 CHF | |