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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 7835859, member: 39084&quot;]No, there are no <i>portrait</i> aurei of Julius Caesar minted in Rome during his lifetime.&nbsp; The coin you illustrate above features Pietas or Vesta on the obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a portrait aurei of Julius Caesar minted by Octavian after Caesar&#039;s assassination:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1347149[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note that Julius Caesar is on the reverse on this coin.</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>Crawford 490/2</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[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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