Ides of March

@octavius - Thanks for starting this thread. Here is the only relevant coin in my collection.
Posthumous portrait of Caesar, 43 BC, RRC 485/1, L. FLAMINIVS IIII VIR

 

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The first year I can participate with a JC portrait coin!

 

@TypeCoin971793 great pic, did you take it? Can I share it?

 

It was shared to me, so I guess you can do with it as you wish

 

magnificent coin!

 

Here are two coins for the Ides of March - both from the time period leading up to the events of 15 March 44 BC.

The first promoting Julius Caesar's divine origins and struck in North Africa to pay for his campaign against the Pompeians.

Julius Caesar, 47-46 BC AR Denarius, military mint with Caesar in North Africa.
Obv: Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and pearl necklace
Rev: CAESAR to right, Aeneas walking left, holding palladium and Anchises
Ref: Crawford 458/1; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12
Size: 3.81g, 17-18.8mm

And one from 46 BC with a curule chair on the reverse representing the powers granted to Caesar by the senate:

C. Considius Paetus, AR Denarius, 46. AR
Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev: C. CONSIDIVS / PAETVS Curule chair, garlanded, on which lies wreath.
Ref: Crawford 465/1b. Sydenham 990a. Seaby Considia 3.
Size: 19.0-19.9mm 3.33g

 

Caesar and Cassius. I still need to pick up a Brutus, just waiting for the right one:

Roman Imperatorial period AR denarius(3.91g, 18.32mm). Julius Caesar, military mint in northern Spain or southern Gaul, 49-48 BC. Elephant right, trampling dragon; in exergue, CAESAR. Border of dots / Pontifical emblems - culullus, aspergillum, axe and apex. Border of dots. Crawford 443/1; Babelon Julia 9; Sydenham 1006.


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.
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

 

I do own a coin of one of the perpetrators.

 

Q

 

Perpetrators:

Partners in crime, or Liberators for the Republic!


RR Gaius Cassius Longinus & P Corn Lentulus Spinther AR den 42 BCE military mint Brutus Cassius Smyrna Libertas r- jug & lituus 18mm 3.3g



Roman Republic 54 BCE
AR Denarius, 18.3mm, 3.7g
Moneyer: Marcus Iunius Brutus (aka Quintus Servillius Caepio Brutus)
Obv: Bare hd of L. Iunius Brutus (Consul 509 BCE), Bearded r, BRVTVS behind
Rev: Bare hd of C. Servilius Ahala (Master of the Horse 439 BCE), bearded r, AHALA behind
Ref: Sear 398, Crawford 433/2,
from collection W. Esty CKXSUB 613 @Valentinian