JULIUS CAESAR SILVER PORTRAIT DENARIUS – LIFETIME AEMILIUS BUCA ISSUE EX STERNBERG 1981 SALE AND PUBLISHED IN ALFOLDI – XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 20025)

$8,500.00

20025. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.91 g, 22 mm. Lifetime issue struck by moneyer L. Aemilius Buca at Rome, Jan.–Feb 44 BC.
Obv. CAESAR IM P–M, laureate ahead of Caesar right, crescent in field. Rev. [L AE]MILIUS BVCA , Venus standing left, holding Victoria and scepter with star finial.
Alföldi Type IV, plate XXXII, 103 (A8/R4 – this coin illustrated); Crawford 480/4; Sydenham 1060.
Ex Triton XXVII, 1/9/2024, lot 611 = Oslo Myntgalleri 30, 5/6/2022, lot 736 = Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 5/26/2014, lot 480 = Sternberg XI, 11/20/1981, lot 547 = ex Santamaria (according to Alföldi).
NGC graded XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 5/5, Alföldi publication noted on label.