The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. March-April 44 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.93 g, 12h). Rome mint; M. Mettius, moneyer. Laureate head right; CAESAR downward to right, IMPER upward to left / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory in extended right hand and transverse scepter in left, resting her left elbow on shield set on celestial globe to right; B to left, M • METTIVS downward to right. Crawford 480/17; Alföldi Type XVI, 124-5 (A23/R11); CRI 101; Sydenham 1055; RSC 35; BMCRR Rome 4138; Kestner –; RBW –. Old collection toning, traces of deposits, reverse slightly off center. VF.
From the Bellwether Collection, purchased from Danny Kuresh, 1 November 1982.