Julius Caesar
AR Denarius 3.9156 gm, 18.8 mm
Gaul 48 BC (Sydenham) or Africa 47/46 BC (Crawford)
1. Sydenham, Edward A. 1952. The Coinage of the Roman Republic. Page 168 #1013 and Plate 27 #1013. London: Spink & Son. 2. Crawford, Michael H. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage. Page 471 #458/1 and Plate LIV #458/1. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3. BMCRR East 31.
Obverse
Head of Venus facing right wearing a diadem and necklace; hair in a knot and falling in two locks.
Reverse
Aeneas walking to the left, holding a palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder.
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