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ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COINAGE
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Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.57 g), 49-48 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue,
elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent. Rev. Pontifical implements: simpulum, sprinkler, axe
and priest’s hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Attrctively toned. NGC grade AU;
Strike: 3/5, Surface: 4/5.
$1,000
425
Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.88g), 47/6 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Dia-
demed head of Venus right. Rev. Aeneas, naked, advancing to front, body inclined to left, holding palladi-
um on extended hand and bearing his father Anchises, wearing long tunic and hood on his left shoulder,
CAESAR on right. (Crawford 458; Syd. 1013; BMCRR East 31). Intensely lustrous. Mint State. $1,000
Ex Nac 51; #74;
Ex Antiqua XVI, 78.
This type represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompeians in Africa culminating in the battle
of Thapsus.
Marvelous Julius Caesar Gold Aureus
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Julius Caesar. Gold Aureus (8.12 g), 46 BC. Rome. A. Hirtius, praetor. C CAESAR COS TER, veiled of of
Vesta or Pietas head right. Rev. A HIRTIVS PR, lituus, jug and axe. Crawford 466/1; HCRI 56; Sydenham
1018; Calicó 37. Boldly struck and unusually well centered. Delicately toned over lustrous surfaces. NGC
grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5.
$12,000