Extremely fine Julius Caesar denarius
€2,450
available
Object number
AR3234
| Ruler: |
Gaius Julius Caesar
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| Rule: |
October 49 - March 15, 44 B.C.
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| Value: |
Denarius
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| Material: |
Silver
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| Details: |
Diameter: 20 mm, weight: 3.92 g. Sicily mint, 46 B.C. |
| Obverse: |
DICT ITER COS TERT Ceres head right. |
| Reverse: |
AVGVR PONT MAX Simpulum, Aspergillum, Securis, Apex (emblems of the pontificate). The coin is most likely part of an issue to pay Ceasar's troops after the victory at the Battle of Thapsus (North Africa, modern Tunis). |
| Condition |
Extremely fine preserved with nice patina, graffito on obverse.
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| References: |
Crawford 467/1 a; Sydenham 1023; RSC 57; Bab. 16; BMC 21;
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| Provenance: |
Acquired 2021 at Fritz Rudolf Künker. Ex Künker 2017, ex NAC auction 25, Zürich 2003, Nr. 324.
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| Authenticity: |
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