Julius Caesar Denarius from Wishanger hoard
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Object number
AR3340-11
| Coined by: |
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: 19 mm Sicily mint, 46 B.C. |
| Obverse: |
DICT ITER COS TERT Head of Ceres 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 |
Finely preserved considering the fact that the coin was in circulation for over 150 years. The coins from the Wishanger hoard are a very impressive direct proof for the partially extremely long circulation of Roman republican and early imperial coins. |
| References: |
Crawford 467/1 a; Sydenham 1023; RSC 57; Bab. 16; BMC 21;
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| Wishanger hoard: |
In March 2021, a metal detectorist found a small Roman treasure in Wishanger, East Hampshire. Over an area of some 7 to 10 meters, there were dispersed 38 Roman denarii, 10 sestertii, a fibula and pottery sherds. The find was reported under the Portable Antiquities Scheme as well as under the Treasure Act, and thereafter returned to the finder. The find includes coins from three distinct periods: 22 denarii of the Republic and early Empire, 16 denarii of the immediate post Civil War period from 69-102 A.D. and 11 post 150 A.D. bronzes. It is well known that coins of the Republic and early Empire circulated for very long periods and they were treasured for their reliable and good silver content. The coins from the Wishanger hoard are a very impressive proof, since the denarii in this find are spanning a period from around 138 B.C. to 102 A.D. Most likely, the denarii represent the savings of a householder occupying a small rural homestead. The 10 bronze sestertii are not likely to have been connected with the denarii, being from a substantially later period and all show severe circulation wear, such that they were losses from a later period. The treasure consisted of the following coins: Repubican moneyers: 9x Julius Caesar: 2x Gnaeus Pompeius: 1x Marcus Antonius: 5x Octavian/Augustus: 4x Tiberius: 1x Vespasian: 6x Titus: 4x Flavian, uncertain: 1x Domitian: 1x Nerva: 2x Trajan: 2x Sestertii: Faustina II. (1x), Lucius Verus or Marcus Aurelius (1x), Lucilla (1x), unidentifiable (7x) |
| Provenance: |
Acquired 2022 at a British auction house. Found March 16, 2022, in Wishanger, East Hampshire, UK. The find was reported by the finder to the authorities and registered at the Portable Antiquities Scheme under the reference SUR-1B6543, and reported under the the Treasure Act, reference 2021 T163 registriert. An export permit was issued by the British authorities.
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| Authenticity: |
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