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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2653329, member: 42773&quot;]I acquired this coin a few days ago. I don&#039;t suppose I need to lecture anyone on the historical importance of these JC types that were the first Roman coins to portray a living person. But I did find <a href="http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Portraits_Coins.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.humanities.mq.edu.au/acans/caesar/Portraits_Coins.htm" rel="nofollow">this nice little page</a> that someone put together at MacQuarie University with an overview - worth a read if you&#039;re new to the portrait denarii of Julius Caesar.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the collector of this coin undervalued it because of the banker&#039;s mark, so I got it at a nice bargain. I don&#039;t find the mark the least bit distracting, especially since it doesn&#039;t mar any of JC&#039;s facial features and the resulting bump on the reverse only erases a bit of Venus&#039;s staff. What say you?</p><p><br /></p><p>They really aren&#039;t purdy coins, are they? But a nice bust of JC is a nice bust of JC.</p><p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]587319[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="3"><b>The Caesarians. <i>Julius Caesar. </i></b>January-February 44 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.9 g, 9h). Rome mint. L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR • IM downwards before, large crescent dividing P M upwards behind / Venus Victrix standing left, holding Victory on extended right hand and holding scepter in left; L • AEMILIVS • BVCA around. Crawford 480/4; Alföldi Type IV, 141 (same dies).</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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