Classical Numismatic Group, LLC
Auction 121 6-8 Oct 2022
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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.04 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Venus, half nude and seen from behind, standing left beside a column, looking at herself in mirror; C • VIBIVS upward to left, VARVS upward to right. Crawford 494/34; CRI 190; Sydenham 1137; Bahrfeldt 36; Calicó 33; RBW 1738. Scattered marks. Near VF.
Ex Birger Bentsen Collection (Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021), lot 59; Kurt Haintz Collection (27 May 2019), lot 61; Künker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6471.
David Sear relates both the head of Apollo on the obverse and the Venus on the reverse to the gens Iulia. The aureus thus commemorates the murdered Caesar, which is certainly related to the struggle of the triumvirs against the assassins of Caesar. The extraordinarily extensive coinage in 42 served to finance this struggle and was made possible by proscriptions and tax collections.
Ex Birger Bentsen Collection (Leu Numismatik Web Auction 16, 22 May 2021), lot 59; Kurt Haintz Collection (27 May 2019), lot 61; Künker 111 (18 March 2006), lot 6471.
David Sear relates both the head of Apollo on the obverse and the Venus on the reverse to the gens Iulia. The aureus thus commemorates the murdered Caesar, which is certainly related to the struggle of the triumvirs against the assassins of Caesar. The extraordinarily extensive coinage in 42 served to finance this struggle and was made possible by proscriptions and tax collections.