JULIUS CAESAR Authentic Ancient Roman Coins & His Story [ Video & Article ]
The Story of Julius Caesar and His Influence on History
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Julius Caesar Lifetime Portrait Coin
Julius Caesar - Roman Dictator -
Silver Denarius 19mm (3.89 grams) Struck February-March 44 B.C.
P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer
Reference: RSC 40; B. 48; B.M.C. 4175; Syd. 1074a; Craw. 480/14
CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, his laureate and veiled head right.
P . SEPVLLIVS MACER, Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory and scepter,
star set on ground to right.
Likely the best known portrait coin of Julius Caesar. This coin illustrates
Caesar's break from tradition in forbidding the showing of living individuals on
ancient coins. This issue combined with other resentments led to his
assassination on March 15th of 44 B.C.
Julius Caesar Elephant Coin
Julius Caesar - Roman Dictator -
Silver Denarius 21mm (3.55 grams) Struck 49-48 B.C. -
Reference: B.9;B.M.C., Gaul, 27; Syd. 1006; Craw. 443/1 -
Elephant walking right, trampling on serpent, CAESAR in exergue.
Sacrificial implement:: Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and priest's hat.
The obverse type may symbolize victory over evil, whereas the reverse refers to
Caesar's office of Pontifex Maximus.
Julius Caesar Ceres Coin
Julius Caesar - Roman Dictator -
Silver Denarius 18mm (3.68 grams) Struck 46 B.C.
Reference: Roman Silver Coins Vol. #4; B. 16; B.M.C., Africa, 23; Syd. 1024;
Craw. 467/1b
COS. TERT. DICT ITER, head of Ceres right.
AVGVR above simpulum, sprinkler, capis and lituus, PONT MAX below, M (Manus) in
field.
This coinage was probably struck to pay his successful legions after the battle
of Thapsus, 6 April B.C. 46. The head of Ceres is emblematic of Africa and it's
corn-producing wealth. The reverse the reverse refers to Caesar's office of
Pontifex Maximus.
JULIUS CAESAR & AUGUSTUS Dupondius Sestertius 38BC Ancient Roman Coin
Augustus and Julius Caesar
Bronze Dupondius or Sestertius 29mm (20.53 grams) Southern Italian mint, 38 B.C.
Reference: Crawford 535/1; CRI 308; Sydenham 1335; RPC I 620
Bare head of Octavian right; DIVI F behind, CAESAR before.
Wreathed head of Divus Julius Caesar right; DIVOS before, IVLIVS behind.
Very desirable ancient coin with a portrait of Julius Caesar.
AUGUSTUS victory over BRUTUS CASSIUS assassins of Julius Caesar Roman Coin
Augustus - Roman Emperor: 27 B.C. - 14 A.D.
Bronze 19mm (4.58 grams) from the city of Philippi in Northern Greece,
Macedonia circa 27 B.C. -10 B.C.
Reference: BMC 23; Sear 32
VIC AVG, Victory standing left.
3 legionary Standards, 'COHOR PRAEPHIL'
Commemorates the battle of Philippi, 42 B.C., in which Octavian and Antony
defeated the Republican tyrannicides Brutus and Cassius, who subsequently
committed suicide. Augustus later settled the veterans of a Praetorian Cohort at
Philippi, and he conferred upon them the right to mint coins, of which this is
an example. The images on this coin presumably refer to the Emperor's above
described victory in 42 BC. The winged victory standing on a globe representing
the cosmos. Such a coin is delivering, without words but in clear images that
everyone would have understood, the message that Augustus now rules the world.
All the old political institutions were reestablished and the "dignity" of the
Senate was restored, but actual power was now in the hands of one man alone.
MARK ANTONY reconciles Ahenobarbus 40BC Silver Roman Republic Coin Galley
Mark Antony
Silver Denarius 18mm (3.35 grams) Summer 40 B.C.
Uncertain mint, possibly Corcyra
Reference: RSC 10; B. 56; as B.M.C.,East,111(aureus); B.A. Seaby Ltd,1952; Craw.
521/2
ANT . IMP . III . VIR R . P . C ., his bare head right, lituus behind.
CN . DOMIT . AHENOBARBVS IMP., prow, star of sixteen rays above.
This piece relates to the reconciliation of Ahenobarbus with Antony.
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