Lot 1179
Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.53 g), 40 BC. Rome. Q. Voconius Vitulus, moneyer. Laureate head of Julius Caesar right. Rev. Q VOCONIVS above, VITVLVS Q/DESIGN in two lines in exergue, S C across field, bull-calf walking left. (Crawford 526/4; HCRI 331; Sydenham 1133; RSC 45). Excellent portrait and a broad flan. Choice very fine. Estimate $5,000UP
The coins of Q. Voconius Vitulus and his colleague, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, in 40 BC present us with the last moneyer issues of the Capitoline mint at Rome with the exception of a small group produced more than two decades later during Augustus' principate.
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