Bruun Rasmussen
Auction 894 12 May 2020
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Coins // Ancient coins // Roman Republic
Julius Caesar, dictator from 49 BC till his assassination in 44 BC, Denarius, 49 BC, Military mint travelling with Caesar in Gallia Narbonensis or Hispania Citerior, Cr. 443/1, Syd. 1006, Babelon 9 (Julia), 3.80 g - a detailed, lustrous and nicely centered example of one of the most famous of all Roman types
The obverse boasts an elephant trampling a Carnyx (a Gallic serpent-horn). The use of the elephant served several purposes. Besides showing that his political power in Rome was of of an extraordinary nature, the name Caesar also alluded to the etymology of the name Caesar, which in his own opinion was derived from ancient Punic, caesai meaning elephant. Caesar is known to have used elephants for his invations of both Gaul and Britain.
On the reverse is shown different emblems of the College of Pontiffs: a simpulum (for libations at sacrifices), aspergillum (for sprinkling holy water), securis (an axe), and apex (a priest's cap).
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Estimate: 12000 DKK / 1600 EUR
Julius Caesar, dictator from 49 BC till his assassination in 44 BC, Denarius, 49 BC, Military mint travelling with Caesar in Gallia Narbonensis or Hispania Citerior, Cr. 443/1, Syd. 1006, Babelon 9 (Julia), 3.80 g - a detailed, lustrous and nicely centered example of one of the most famous of all Roman types
The obverse boasts an elephant trampling a Carnyx (a Gallic serpent-horn). The use of the elephant served several purposes. Besides showing that his political power in Rome was of of an extraordinary nature, the name Caesar also alluded to the etymology of the name Caesar, which in his own opinion was derived from ancient Punic, caesai meaning elephant. Caesar is known to have used elephants for his invations of both Gaul and Britain.
On the reverse is shown different emblems of the College of Pontiffs: a simpulum (for libations at sacrifices), aspergillum (for sprinkling holy water), securis (an axe), and apex (a priest's cap).
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Estimate: 12000 DKK / 1600 EUR