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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8425640, member: 87809&quot;]Love all these coins !</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh no, [USER=112342]@JayAg47[/USER] now I have to put one like your OP coin on my wish list.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Venus and Aeneas</p><p>Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa, 47 - 46 BC</p><p>18 x 19 mm, 3.741 g</p><p>Crawford 458/1</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494157[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1494158[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Julius Caesar - moneyer L. Aemilius Buca, AR Denarius</p><p>19 mm, 3.541 g</p><p>Rome, February-March 44 BC, mere weeks before his assassination</p><p>Crawford 480/4</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494159[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1494160[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>and one of my recents wins:</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>3.94 g, 16.3 x 17.4 mm</p><p>Legionary issue, traveling military mint in Italy, 49/48 BC</p><p>Crawford 443/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Some authors say Caesar&#039;s elephant could be trampling a carnyx and the obverse symbolizes Caesar&#039;s victory over the Celtic tribes of Gaul in his epic eight-year conquest, in which case the elephant would represent Caesar himself or Rome. Others say it may reference Caesar&#039;s victory at the Battle of Thapsus in 49 BC, where he defeated Roman and Numidian forces who fielded war elephants. </p><p><br /></p><p>A most enigmatic issue in ancient coinage, see&nbsp; <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/caesars-elephant-and-snake-what-do-they-mean.343865/</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1494161[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1494162[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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