Watch List notes:

Julius Caesar, 49-44 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.89 g, 11 h), mint moving with Caesar in Gallia Narbonensis or Hispania Citerior, 49-48. CAESAR Elephant trampling serpent to right. Rev. Priestly implements: culullus, aspergillum, ax with wolf's head at the top and apex. Babelon (Julia) 9. Cohen 49. Crawford 443/1. RBW 1557. Sydenham 1006. Woytek, Arma et Nummi, p. 119ff. Sharply struck, nicely toned and lustrous, an excellent example. The obverse struck very slightly off center, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From the collection of Yves Gunzenreiner and from a Swiss private collection kept in a bank safe in Lugano since the early 1980s.