Lot 2100

Description

Republic, Julius Caesar, (assassinated 44 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, issued February-March 44 B.C., an issue immediately prior to Caesar's assassination on the Ides (15th) March, issued in the name of the moneyer P. Sepullius Macer, obv. laureate and veiled head of Julius Caesar to right, CAESAR before, [DICT PERPETVO] behind, rev. Venus standing to left, holding Victory on extended right hand, and sceptre in left hand, resting on shield, set on globe, to right [P. SE]PVLLIVS MACER, (S.362, Cr. 480/12, Syd.1074, BMC 4173-5). Weak in places, with flat areas, portrait in high relief, otherwise very fine and a rare type.

Ex. Giessener Munzhandlung, Sale 67, May 2, 1994 (lot 386).