Roman Republic, Julius Caesar, as Imperator (c. February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius 3.67 g. (19 mm). Obverse: CAESAR•IMP, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right, eight-pointed star behind. Reverse: SEPVLLIVS-MACER, Venus Victrix standing facing, head left, Victory left in right hand, scepter set on star in left. Crawford 480/5b. Sydenham 1071.
The famous coin struck about a month before Caesar's assassination, with an attractive and finely-detailed realistic portrait style.
EF, with an attractive dark cabinet toning, a slight dig in the laurel wreath.
Ex Baldwin's
Ex Spink 39, 1984, lot 2
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