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LOT 3583
The Caesarians, Julius Caesar AR Denarius. April-August 49 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar.
CAESAR, elephant advancing to right, trampling on horned serpent / Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis, and apex. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; Sydenham 1006; Babelon (Julia) 9. Good Very Fine. Small scratch on obverse.(3.61gr, 19mm, 2h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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