| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 130 | Auction date: 23 September 2025 |
| Lot number: 439 Price realized: 4,250 USD (Approx. 3,603 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.01 g, 5h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; large crescent dividing P M to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 136 (A21/R– [unrecorded rev. die); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. In NGC encapsulation 6842181-113, graded Ch VF, Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5. Before 44 BC, Roman coin portraiture had been confined to various deities and historic figures of renown, these usually ancestors of the moneyers appointed each year to strike coins. The very few portraits of living Romans were reserved for coins minted and circulating outside of Italy. But early in 44 BC, the Senate granted Julius Caesar, recently appointed dictator for the fourth time, the honor of having his portrait placed on silver coinage struck in Rome. The break with tradition was sudden, startling and, as it turned out, enduring, for Caesar's successors (and even his assassins!) soon adopted the practice. Shortly thereafter, Caesar was named Dictator Perpetuo, "Dictator in Perpetuity." Though Caesar would bear the title for only a month before his assassination on the Ides of March (15 March) 44 BC. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 596 | Auction date: 1 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 661 Price realized: 2,500 USD (Approx. 2,128 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.44 g, 5h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right; large crescent dividing P M to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 26-28, 39 (A29/R31); CRI 102; Sydenham 1060; RSC 22; RBW –. Toned, banker's mark and shallow edge test cut on obverse, minor cleaning scratches. VF. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 589 | Auction date: 18 June 2025 |
| Lot number: 509 Price realized: 1,300 USD (Approx. 1,122 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.96 g, 11h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus standing left, holding Victory and scepter. Crawford 480/8; Alföldi Type XIV, 57 (A11/R10); CRI 105; Sydenham 1061; RSC 23; RBW 1683. Toned, slight porosity, minor marks and scrapes, off center. Near VF. Estimate: 1000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 596 | Auction date: 1 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 662 Price realized: 2,500 USD (Approx. 2,128 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.61 g, 9h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. Laureate head right; star of eight rays to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter resting on star. Crawford 480/5b; Alföldi Type V, 111, 135 (A41/R29); CRI 106a; Sydenham 1071; RSC 41; RBW 1679. Attractively toned, some areas of flat strike, a couple of scratches, small banker's mark, shallow test cut. Near VF. From the CLV collection formed in the 1970's and 80's. Estimate: 1500 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 596 | Auction date: 1 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 665 Price realized: 4,500 USD (Approx. 3,830 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.76 g, 2h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and transverse scepter, resting her elbow on shield set on celestial globe to right; D to left. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, – (A11/R29 [unlisted die combination]) ;CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35; RBW 1686 var. (control letter. Attractively toned. Good VF. Well centered and struck. Rare this nice. From the CLV collection formed in the 1970's and 80's. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
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| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 596 | Auction date: 1 October 2025 |
| Lot number: 663 Price realized: 4,000 USD (Approx. 3,404 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.82 g, 10h). Lifetime issue. Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Laureate head right / Fasces and winged caduceus in saltire; clasped hands in the angle to left, globe above, axe below. Crawford 480/6; Alföldi Type XIII, 22 (A2/R6 – this coin); CRI 103; Sydenham 1063; RSC 25; RBW 1680. Deeply toned, small spot on encrustation on reverse under tone, light scratches. VF. From the CLV collection formed in the 1970's and 80's. Ex Nadia Kapamadji (1901-1978), Paris, stock. Nadia Kapamadji (1901-1978) was a well-known and respected professional numismatist from Paris and successor of Florange and Ciani. Estimate: 2000 USD |  |
