The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. April 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.98 g, 2h). Rome mint; C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. Laureate and veiled head right; apex and lituus flanking neck; PΛRENS PΛTRIΛ[E] upward to left, CΛESΛR upward to right / Cruciform C • COSSVTIVS MARIDIANVS; A A A F • F in angles. Crawford 480/19; Alföldi Type XVII, 86-9 (A13/R7)); CRI 112; Sydenham 1069; RSC 8; BMCRR Rome 4187; Kestner –; RBW 1687. Attractive cabinet tone. VF. Struck on a broad, oval flan.
From the Thomas A. Palmer Collection, purchased from PMV (Davidson), April 1986.