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<p>[QUOTE="willkerrs, post: 3083762, member: 95456"]One of two Julius Caesar AR Denarii I recently bought. (Military mint travelling with Caesar, 49-48 BC. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; RSC 49)</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Elephant advancing right, trampling on serpent; CAESAR in exergue.</p><p>Reverse: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head - unfortunately missing, probably due more to wear than a poor strike - see picture IV, where you can just about make it out, and picture V with my rough outline drawing), and apex.</p><p><br /></p><p>VF, 3.75g, 19mm, 2h. Both sides have gold highlights, especially the reverse. See pictures III and IV, which I have darkened to show this.</p><p><br /></p><p>The condition of this Denarius is not too bad at all - the strike was probably a good one - even if slightly off-centre, more so on the reverse than obverse - but the coin has been circulated. As such, the elephant is a little worn on its body, as is the trunk, but overall not too bad. The reverse is generally better; the apex seems barely worn at all, although wolf's head atop the securis has been worn off.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776961[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776962[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776963[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]776964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776965[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willkerrs, post: 3083762, member: 95456"]One of two Julius Caesar AR Denarii I recently bought. (Military mint travelling with Caesar, 49-48 BC. Crawford 443/1; CRI 9; RSC 49) Obverse: Elephant advancing right, trampling on serpent; CAESAR in exergue. Reverse: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head - unfortunately missing, probably due more to wear than a poor strike - see picture IV, where you can just about make it out, and picture V with my rough outline drawing), and apex. VF, 3.75g, 19mm, 2h. Both sides have gold highlights, especially the reverse. See pictures III and IV, which I have darkened to show this. The condition of this Denarius is not too bad at all - the strike was probably a good one - even if slightly off-centre, more so on the reverse than obverse - but the coin has been circulated. As such, the elephant is a little worn on its body, as is the trunk, but overall not too bad. The reverse is generally better; the apex seems barely worn at all, although wolf's head atop the securis has been worn off. [ATTACH=full]776961[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776962[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776963[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776964[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]776965[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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