The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April-August 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.49 g, 11h). 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. Lightly toned, minor area of weak strike and die break on obverse. Good VF.
Ex RAJ Collection (Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015), lot 948; CNG inventory 866255 (March 2010).