The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.72 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. Wonderful iridescent tone over lustrous surfaces, some faint hairlines. Superb EF. Well centered on a broad flan.
From the Thomas A. Palmer Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, July 1989.