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Electronic Auction 324  9 April 2014
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Lot 342

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 500 USD
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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. January-April 46 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Utica(?) mint. Head of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus; M (munus = gift) to right. Crawford 467/1b; CRI 57a; Sydenham 1024; RSC 4. Good VF, toned.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex New York Sale XIV (10 January 2007), lot 216.

A parallel issue carries a "D" (donativum = largess) in place of the "M". Both were struck as payment to Caesar's veterans.
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