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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 8255042, member: 74282&quot;]An orichalcum dupondius, likely handed out at Caesar&#039;s triumph after Munda, where it would not be lost on the Romans that Caesar was explicitly celebrating victory against other Romans</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455190[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Imperatorial period Orichalcum dupondius?(17.0g, 28mm). Julius Caesar, dictator, Autumn 45 BC, Rome. Draped bust of victory right, wearing necklace. Wing visible behind shoulder. Before, CAESAR DICT TER/Minerva walking left with trophy over right shoulder and, spears in left hand and shield decorated with Medusa. Snake at feet. C CLOVI PRAEF around. Crawford 476/1a; Sear HCRI 62; RPC 601; Sydenham 1025; BMCRR 4125.</p><p><br /></p><p>A denarius of Cassius, part of a joint issue of Brutus and Cassius minted at an Eastern mint, perhaps Smyrna.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455192[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Liberators, AR denarius(19mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Gaius Cassius Longinus, Imperator with Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, Legate, late 43-early 42 B.C., military mint with Cassius and Brutus, possibly Smyrna. Head of Libertas right, wearing veil and diadem; before, LEIBERTAS upwards; behind, C•CASSI•IMP updwards. Border of dots / Jug and lituus; below, LENTVLVS SPINT in two lines. Border of dots. Crawford 500/5; Sear HCRI 223.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, CNG e-Auction 408, October 25 2017, lot 440, ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 78 part II, May 27 2014, lot 1892, ex Jacques Schulman 265, September 28 1976, lot 454, ex Monnaies et Médailles Basel Auctiones 3, December 4 1973, lot 328[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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