Happy Birthday Julius Caesar!

Julius Caesar was born July 13 100 BCE. Please post your coins!

 

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Some non-portrait Caesars:

 

Roman Imperiatorial - Destruction of the Republic!
Julius Caesar 49BCE
AR Denarius 3.8g, 17mm
Mint traveling with Caesar as he crosses the Rubicon - "Iacta Alea Est!"
Elephant trampling snake
Pontificate Emblems
Sear 1399 Crawford 443/1

 

Happy Birthday, JC!


JULIUS CAESAR
AR Denarius
3.77g, 19mm
L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer
Rome mint, February - March 44 BC
Crawford 480/8; Sydenham 1061; RCV 1411
O: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, wreathed head of Caesar facing right.
R: L BVCA, Venus standing left, holding Victory and a sceptre.
Ex David Sellwood Collection

 

Prior to showing my Julius Caesar coins (which most of you have seen dozens of times), a short, and for me insightful, anecdote relating to Caesar's success as a military commander.

Bridge Across the Rhine

In 55 BC, Julius Caesar decided to confront some marauding Germanic tribes in the eastern border of Gaul. These tribes felt safe on the eastern side of the Rhine, thinking the river provided cover from any retaliatory attacks after their raids across the river into the province. Caesar wanted to teach them a lesson as well as show support for a local tribe supported by the Romans.

Upon reaching the Rhine, his engineers proceeded to build a quasi-permanent (i.e., non-pontoon) bridge across the river in just 10 days. The bridge, located most likely between Andernach and Neuwied, has been estimated to be between 450 and 1300 feet long, with a width between 23 and 30 feet. The depth of the Rhine reaches 30 feet in some places, and 40,000 Roman soldiers crossed the bridge to engage the rogue tribes. However, the tribes had moved eastward and had combined in preparation for battle with the Romans, so Caesar decided simply to leave the region and deconstruct the bridge behind him.

This engineering feat, especially in pre-first-century conditions, is simply staggering to contemplate. Yet Caesar simply took for granted such abilities in his military planning, and this level of reliability in his engineers might have been one of the foundations of his success as a military leader and emperor.

 

@IdesOfMarch01
I never get tired of seeing those beautiful coins. Thanks for posting them.

 

A veiled head example of Eid's above (which is really nice btw!).

 

I really like the veiled head of Caesar. The Pontifex Maximus office was extremely important to him.

 

My only veiled Caesar:

 

I wasn't feeling well yesterday, so I missed this thread. So Happy Belated Birthday JC

 

Wonderful posts!!!

My modest contribution:

I'm currently bidding on a 'bronze' of Caesar, but it seems to be drawing too much interest

 

I don't often collect gold, but when I do I prefer Imperatorial.

 

Stoppit @Carthago , you have too many RR golds that I am targeting... Very nice gold piece! Do you carry this in your pocket as a good luck piece?

 

I had it made into a tie tack. Hey, someone has to be the final consumer, right? ;)

 

I hope you soldered it to the tie tack mechanism so you don't lose it...

 

Nice coins everyone! Here's a sesterius struck by Octavian in Gaul, at Colonia Viennensis in 36 BC.



Octavian & Divus Julius Caesar
AE Sestertius (or Dupondius?) 17.82gm - 30 mm
Obv: Bare heads of Julius Caesar and Octavian, back to back (Caesar on left, Octavian on right), IMP above, CAESAR below, and IMP CAESAR DIVI F DIVI IVLI (written counterclockwise along edge).
Rev: prow of quinquereme with elaborate superstructure and mast right, CIV above
Ref: RPC 517, CRE Ashmolean 1081; SNG Copenhagen

 

Very cool coins! You guys are so lucky!

 

Will someone spot me a few hundred dollars for a Julius Caesar? Or better yet, send me a free one?

Awesome coins everyone. And a happy birthday to Julius Caesar.

 

Happy belated B'day JC


Julius Caesar, Denarius minted in Italy, c.49 BC
CAESAR, elephant walking rigth, trampling on snake
No legend, Simpulum, sprinkler, axe and apex
4.05 gr
Ref : HCRI # 9, RCV #1399, Cohen #49



Julius Caesar, Denarius minted in North Africa c.47-46 BC
No legend, Diademed head of Venus right
CAESAR, Aeneas left, bearing Anchises on his shoulder
3.91 gr
Ref : HCRI # 55, RCV #1402, Cohen #12



Julius Caesar, Denarius minted in North Africa in 46 BC
COS TERT / DICT ITER, head of Ceres right
AVGVR / PONT MAX, simpulum, sprinkler, capis and lituum, D in right field
3,81 gr
Ref : HCRI # 57, RCV # 1403/1, RSC # 4a, Cohen # 4



Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, Denarius minted in 43 BC
M ANTO IMP RPC, Head of Mark Antony right, lituus behind him
CAESAR DIC, Head of Caesar right, jug behind him
3.76 gr
Ref : HCRI # 123, RCV #1465, Cohen #3

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