brm_561596 - JULIUS CAESAR Denier
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 650.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 650.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 48 AC
Mint name / Town : Grèce
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, néanmoins bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de Vénus. Revers de haut relief, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
B.26 (Julia) - CRR.1009 - RRC.452 /2 - RSC.11 - RCV.1400 (520$) - CRI.11 (325£) - C.11 (2f.) - MRR.1387 - CMDRR.14
Obverse
Obverse legend : LII.
Obverse description : Tête de Vénus ou de (Clementia) la Clémence laurée et diadémée à droite avec boucle d'oreille et collier.
Obverse translation : (52).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CAE-SAR.
Reverse description : Trophée gaulois composé d'un grand bouclier ovale, d'un casque, d'une cuirasse, d'un carnyx, d'une hache à sacrifice surmontée d'une tête d'animal.
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 63 coins de droit et de 70 coins de revers.
Historical background
JULIUS CAESAR
(07/13/100-03/15/44 BC)
Julius Caesar, born in 100 BC, belongs to the party of Marius and opposes Sylla at a very young age. He was praetor in 62 BC, before forming with Pompey and Crassus the first triumvirate in 59 BC, the year of his consulship. He then receives a proconsular imperium on Gaul, renewed in 54. He fights Vercingétorix in Gergovie then in Alesia. Besieged, the Gallic leader must surrender. Crassus having been killed at Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, in 53 BC, Caesar got angry with Pompey and marched on Rome in 49 BC. In 48 BC, at Pharsalus, he crushed Pompey who fled to Egypt where he was assassinated. Caesar must then face the sons of Pompey and the Pompeian party. He defeated them at Thapsus (Africa, death of Cato of Utica) in 46 BC and at Munda (Spain, death of Cneius Pompey). Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC) by Cassius and Brutus. He was deified after his death in 42 BC..
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