Lot 425
Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.88g), 47/6 BC. Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus right. rev. Aeneas, naked, advancing to front, body inclined to left, holding palladium 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. Estimated Value $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.
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| Realized $1,652 |
