Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 46 BC. Head of Ceres to right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS•TERT downwards behind, DICT•ITER upwards before / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; D to right, AVGVR above, PONT•MAX below. Crawford 467/1a; CRI 57; Sydenham 1023; RBW 1637; RSC 4a. 3.64g, 20mm, 2h.

Near Mint State; beautiful old cabinet tone.

From the Vogelberg Collection (Switzerland), formed c. 1960-1985;
Ex Mario Ratto, FPL 3-1972, July-September 1972, no. 128.