Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (20mm, 3.69 gm, 7h). NGC VF 5/5 - 2/5, edge bend. Military mint traveling with Caesar in Greece, Apollonia, July 48 BC. Female head (Venus?) right, wearing pendant earring, necklace, stephane and oak wreath, hair rolled and pulled into jeweled chignon at back of head; LII (Caesar's age=52) behind / CAE-SAR, trophy of Gallic arms and armor, with horned helmet, chainmail shirt, shield, and carnyx; securis left in right field. Crawford 452/2. Sydenham 1009. Julia 26. HID09801242017 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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