Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Military mint travelling with Caesar in Spain, 46-45 BC. Head of Venus to right, wearing stephane; Cupid behind shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms between two seated captives: female seated to left resting head in right hand, and bearded male seated to right with hands tied behind back, looking to left; CAESAR in exergue. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; BMCRR Spain 86; RSC 13. 3.94g, 18mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone.
From a private North American collection;
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 99, 8 December 2015, lot 94;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 92, 4 June 1999, lot 339.
Struck in the course of Caesar's war against the Senatorial faction led by Pompey and later Metellus Scipio, Caesar's triumphant coinage trumpets his military achievements and conquest in Gaul, while reminding the bearer also of his claimed descent from Venus through Aeneas.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone.
From a private North American collection;
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 99, 8 December 2015, lot 94;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 92, 4 June 1999, lot 339.
Struck in the course of Caesar's war against the Senatorial faction led by Pompey and later Metellus Scipio, Caesar's triumphant coinage trumpets his military achievements and conquest in Gaul, while reminding the bearer also of his claimed descent from Venus through Aeneas.