Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Rome, April 44 BC. C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. CAESAR PARENS•PATRIAE, laureate and veiled head right; apex behind, lituus before / C•COSSVTIVS and MARIDIANVS arranged in form of cross; A A A F F in angles. Crawford 480/19; CRI 112; Alföldi pl. CXXXI, 54 (same dies); BMCRR Rome 4187; RSC 8. 3.77g, 18mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine; attractive old cabinet tone. Rare.
From the Dr. Nicholas Lowe Collection;
Ex Asta Internazionale del Titano (San Marino), Auction 50, 19 September 1992.