★ Old Cabinet Tone ★

ROMAN REPUBLIC & IMPERATORIAL. Julius Caesar.
Silver Denarius, 49-48 BC. Military mint travelling with Caesar.
Obv: elephant advancing right, treading on serpent; CAESAR in exergue. Rev: emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head) and apex.

Good Very Fine; old cabinet tone with lustrous metal, struck on a compact and slightly thicker flan.

From the Brightwalton Collection.

Reference: Crawford-443/1; RSC-49; CRI-9; BMCRR Gaul-27.
Die Axis: 6h.
Diameter: 17 mm.
Weight: 3.76 g.
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