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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 1503863, member: 39084&quot;]When I started my collection, I learned that portrait coins of the 12 Caesars are not 100% available in all denominations.&nbsp; For example, Otho issued no bronzes (I&#039;m not counting &quot;provincial&quot; bronzes) and neither did Julius Caesar.&nbsp; In addition, aureii with Julius Caesar&#039;s portrait were issued only posthumously and even these are very difficult to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few years ago I saw a Julius Caesar aureus that simply &quot;spoke&quot; to me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]193326.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>OCTAVIAN &amp; JULIUS CAESAR</p><p>AV Aureus (8.15 g.)&nbsp; Mint moving w/Octavian late summer-autumn 43 B.C.</p><p>Bare head of Octavian right; C CAESAR COS PO(NT) (AV)G.&nbsp; Rev. C CAESAR DICT PERP PO(NT) (MA)X around wreathed head of Julius Caesar right</p><p>Crawford 490/2</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I&#039;ve seen others of this type, this one had by far the best style for the portrait of Julius Caesar, and I was fortunate enough to acquire it.&nbsp; It&#039;s classified as a &quot;good VF&quot; which I don&#039;t dispute, but clearly the grading standards for certain Caesars&#039; aureii are different from others.&nbsp; It&#039;s among my favorites.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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