Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.27 gm, 3h). NGC Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5, brushed. Rome, February-March 44 BC, P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. CAESAR-DICT • PERPETVO, veiled and laureate head of Julius Caesar right / P • SEPVLLIVS downward on right, MACER downward on left, Venus standing left, Victory in right hand, scepter in left; shield at feet behind. Crawford 480/13. RSC 39. CRI 107d. Struck shortly before Caesar was assassinated by a group of Senators seeking to restore the Republic. The new title bestowed on Caesar by the Senate: Dictator Perpetuo (Dictator for life), which appears on this coin in one it's abbreviated forms, angered many patricians and caused a conspiracy to be formed seeking not only an end to his reign, but an end to his life. This was carried out on the now infamous Ides (15th) of March 44 BC.

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