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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3321496, member: 99456"]<font size="4">[USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER], Thanks for the opportunity to post. Patience waiting for the right coin at the right price turned up two flawed denarii, linked to interesting history. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">The first from 47 to 46 B.C. that brings with it the stories of the Aeneid, the founding of Rome, the divine ancestors claimed by Julius Caesar, and the civil war. Julius Caesar minted these coins in North Africa during his campaign against Pompey to pay his troops. The coin shows Aeneas carrying his aged father, Anchises, and the Palladium away from a burning Troy, with Venus on the Obverse.</font></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]880459[/ATTACH]</b></p><p><b><font size="4"><b>Julius Caesar</b> 47-46 BC</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4">AR Denarius (19mm, 3.6g), North Africa mint</font></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><b>Obv:</b> </font></b><font size="4">Diademed head of Venus facing right.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b><b>Rev:</b> </b>CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, carrying his father Anchises on left shoulder and palladium.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">My second coin is a fourrée with, to my view, a good looking elephant also rich with good stories, even if it is a contemporary counterfeit.</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>[ATTACH=full]880460[/ATTACH] </b></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Julius Caesar</b>, circa 49 BC, AR denarius </font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: Elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent</font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: CAESAR in exergue / Pontifical implements: ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis), and pontiff's cap (apex).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3321496, member: 99456"][SIZE=4][USER=93702]@Clavdivs[/USER], Thanks for the opportunity to post. Patience waiting for the right coin at the right price turned up two flawed denarii, linked to interesting history. The first from 47 to 46 B.C. that brings with it the stories of the Aeneid, the founding of Rome, the divine ancestors claimed by Julius Caesar, and the civil war. Julius Caesar minted these coins in North Africa during his campaign against Pompey to pay his troops. The coin shows Aeneas carrying his aged father, Anchises, and the Palladium away from a burning Troy, with Venus on the Obverse.[/SIZE] [B] [ATTACH=full]880459[/ATTACH] [SIZE=4][B]Julius Caesar[/B] 47-46 BC AR Denarius (19mm, 3.6g), North Africa mint [B]Obv:[/B] [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=4]Diademed head of Venus facing right. [B][B]Rev:[/B] [/B]CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, carrying his father Anchises on left shoulder and palladium. My second coin is a fourrée with, to my view, a good looking elephant also rich with good stories, even if it is a contemporary counterfeit. [B][ATTACH=full]880460[/ATTACH] [/B] [B]Julius Caesar[/B], circa 49 BC, AR denarius [B]Obv[/B]: Elephant advancing right, trampling horned serpent [B]Rev[/B]: CAESAR in exergue / Pontifical implements: ladle (simpulum), sprinkler (aspergillum), axe (securis), and pontiff's cap (apex).[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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