Watch List notes:

The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.92 g, 3h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent; CAESAR in exergue / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49; BMCRR Gaul 27-30; Kestner 3515-8; RBW 1557. Toned, light hairline scratches. EF. Well struck.


From the collection of Professor David R. Beatty, C.M., O.B.E. Ex Nomos 6 (8 May 2012), lot 129.