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Julius Caesar, Denarius (Silver, 18mm, 3.58 g 7), Rome. P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer, February-March 44 BC. CAESAR - DICT PERPETVO Wreathed head of Julius Caesar to right. Rev. P SEPVLLIVS - MACER Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in her right hand and, with her left, vertical scepter set on shield. Alföldi Type VIII. Babelon (Julia) 48 and (Sepullia) 3. Banti & Simonetti, p. 101, 137/3 (this coin illustrated). BMC 4169-4171. Cohen 38. Crawford 480/10. Sydenham 1073. A very attractive example with an elegant portrait. Reverse with traces of cleaning and corrosion, otherwise, good very fine.
From the GH Collection, ex Harlan J. Berk MBS, 20 March 1990, 295 and Ratto FPL 1970, 4, 213.
K. Kraft first noticed that the wreath worn by Caesar differs significantly from those laurel-wreaths found on earlier types on portraits: for example, those of Venus. Therefore he suggested that it ought to be identified as the golden wreath, which was worn by Caesar at the Lupercalia in 44 BC. M. H. Crawford, however, thought that it was rather the corona aurea that he had been awarded as a triumphator. The same type of wreath had also been voted to Pompey; it has no resemblance to the Etruscan wreaths cited by Kraft.
From the GH Collection, ex Harlan J. Berk MBS, 20 March 1990, 295 and Ratto FPL 1970, 4, 213.
K. Kraft first noticed that the wreath worn by Caesar differs significantly from those laurel-wreaths found on earlier types on portraits: for example, those of Venus. Therefore he suggested that it ought to be identified as the golden wreath, which was worn by Caesar at the Lupercalia in 44 BC. M. H. Crawford, however, thought that it was rather the corona aurea that he had been awarded as a triumphator. The same type of wreath had also been voted to Pompey; it has no resemblance to the Etruscan wreaths cited by Kraft.