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Auction 108  16 May 2018
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Lot 537

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 22 000 USD
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Rome mint; P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, laureate head right / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand, scepter in left; P. SEPVLLIVS MACER around. Crawford 480/10-11 var. (with shield or star at base of Venus' scepter); Alföldi Types VI, 12 (A25/R1); CRI 107b.2 (this coin illustrated); Sydenham 1072-3 var. (same); RSC 38, 40 var. (same). Near EF, toned, banker's mark on cheek, small obverse die breaks. Extremely rare variety.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXXI (18 March 1993), lot 507; Numismatic Fine Arts (13 May 1991), lot 9.

The catalog for the un-numbered NFA auction on 13 May 1991 is the rarest of the NFA catalogs. The sale was held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
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