Julius Caesar, 49-44 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.88 g, 5

Julius Caesar, 49-44 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.88 g, 5 h), military mint moving with Caesar in Gallia Narbonensis or Hispania Citerior, 49-48. CAESAR Elephant walking right, trampling on horned serpent. Rev. Priestly implements: simpulum, aspergillum, securis with wolf's head at the top, and apex. Babelon (Julia) 9. Crawford 443/1. CRI 9. Sydenham 1006. Sharply struck, nicely toned and lustrous, an excellent example. The obverse struck very slightly off centerg, otherwise, good extremely fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins and the collection of Yves Gunzenreiner, Leu 1, 25 October 2017, 155, previously from a Swiss private collection kept in a bank safe in Lugano since the early 1980s.