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<p>[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4623949, member: 91461"]Its called July for a reason. Julius Caesar:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144537[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>JC was indeed born on this day, July 12th, round about 100, 101 or possibly 102 BCE. We know so much about the man for being one of the most impactful men to all of recorded history. And yet we have such an abundance of misinformation.</p><p>He also didn't create the Julian calendar. He just brought it back from Egypt after his dalliances with Cleopatra VII (heck, even Cleopatra VII probably wasn't the seventh!?).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144536[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>He probably didn't say, "The die is cast." after crossing a small unimportant river named the Rubicon. And if he did, it doesn't mean what you think.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144541[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And let's not even discuss his dispatches back to Rome, better known as his war commentaries. From them history learned that it is written by a group of guys named Victor (see! More misinformation).</p><p>Even the statement is flawed. It is carried out by the victor. It's actually written by...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144550[/ATTACH]</p><p>... people like us.</p><p>What I can say for certain is that he fought, a lot, he won, a lot and he slept around, a lot (and may not have been to picky about gender... or nose size)!</p><p>Oh, and that I have several of his coins<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144534[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Iulius Lf Caesar</p><p>AR Denarius (16 mm, 3.96 g), Rome, 103 BC.</p><p>Obv. Helmeted head of Mars to left; above visor, ·F· and behind, CAESAR.</p><p>Rev. Venus in biga of Cupids to left; above, ·F· and below, lyre; in exergue, L·IVLI·L·F.</p><p>Syd. 593; Craw. 320/1.</p><p>Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you fall for it?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It's not even Julius Caesar! Well it is... just not that one. It says Caesar... but it was minted the year before the earliest likely year of his birth! (A family member of his<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144531[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar 49-48 BCE AR denarius (18 mm, 3.43 g, 2 h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a dog's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Banker's mark on obverse, porous. Near fine. From the Expatriate Collection.</p><p>From the Expatriate Collection.</p><p>The Expatriate Collection Expatriate comes from the Latin roots ex-, ""away from,"" and patria, ""one's native country."" The Expatriate Collection was formed by an American who has lived abroad for nearly fourteen years in Japan, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East. His collection was formed almost exclusively while living outside the United States.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144532[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144533[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>P. Sepullius Macer - Venus Denarius, lifetime issue Feb-March 44 BC. Moneyer P. Sepullius Macer. Obv: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO legend with laureate and veiled head of Gaius Julius Caesar right. Rev: P SEPVLLIVS MACER legend with Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand, and sceptre set on shield in left. 20mm, 3.18 grams. Crawford 480/13; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; Sear 1414. Fine. Scarce. Ex-Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1144530[/ATTACH]</p><p>Augustus with Divus Julius Caesar</p><p>(27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON. Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ.</p><p>Wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; uncertain c/m on neck.</p><p>Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN.</p><p>Bare head of Augustus right; Δ below. RPC I 1554.</p><p>Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm.</p><p>Former: Numismatik Naumann</p><p>The D has been interpreted as either a denomination mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero (Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p. 105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the coins during celebrations of the city's 50th anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans. All but two of the known specimens of this countermark occur on the coins of this first issue of Thessalonica, and the wear on the countermarks is nearly identical to that of the coins, suggesting that the countermarks could not have been applied very long after the coins entered circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pop a cork. Tell a lie. And help celebrate the man, the myth, the Julius Caesar by sharing his coins, stories (true or not) and have fun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ryro, post: 4623949, member: 91461"]Its called July for a reason. Julius Caesar: [ATTACH=full]1144537[/ATTACH] JC was indeed born on this day, July 12th, round about 100, 101 or possibly 102 BCE. We know so much about the man for being one of the most impactful men to all of recorded history. And yet we have such an abundance of misinformation. He also didn't create the Julian calendar. He just brought it back from Egypt after his dalliances with Cleopatra VII (heck, even Cleopatra VII probably wasn't the seventh!?). [ATTACH=full]1144536[/ATTACH] He probably didn't say, "The die is cast." after crossing a small unimportant river named the Rubicon. And if he did, it doesn't mean what you think. [ATTACH=full]1144541[/ATTACH] And let's not even discuss his dispatches back to Rome, better known as his war commentaries. From them history learned that it is written by a group of guys named Victor (see! More misinformation). Even the statement is flawed. It is carried out by the victor. It's actually written by... [ATTACH=full]1144550[/ATTACH] ... people like us. What I can say for certain is that he fought, a lot, he won, a lot and he slept around, a lot (and may not have been to picky about gender... or nose size)! Oh, and that I have several of his coins:D [ATTACH=full]1144534[/ATTACH] L. Iulius Lf Caesar AR Denarius (16 mm, 3.96 g), Rome, 103 BC. Obv. Helmeted head of Mars to left; above visor, ·F· and behind, CAESAR. Rev. Venus in biga of Cupids to left; above, ·F· and below, lyre; in exergue, L·IVLI·L·F. Syd. 593; Craw. 320/1. Ex: Savoca Did you fall for it?o_O It's not even Julius Caesar! Well it is... just not that one. It says Caesar... but it was minted the year before the earliest likely year of his birth! (A family member of his:joyful:) [ATTACH=full]1144531[/ATTACH] Julius Caesar 49-48 BCE AR denarius (18 mm, 3.43 g, 2 h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. CAESAR in exergue, elephant advancing right, trampling on horned serpent / Simpulum, sprinkler, axe (surmounted by a dog's head), and priest's hat. Crawford 443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham 1006; RSC 49. Banker's mark on obverse, porous. Near fine. From the Expatriate Collection. From the Expatriate Collection. The Expatriate Collection Expatriate comes from the Latin roots ex-, ""away from,"" and patria, ""one's native country."" The Expatriate Collection was formed by an American who has lived abroad for nearly fourteen years in Japan, Europe, Canada, and the Middle East. His collection was formed almost exclusively while living outside the United States. [ATTACH=full]1144532[/ATTACH] Julius Caesar Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013. [ATTACH=full]1144533[/ATTACH] Julius Caesar P. Sepullius Macer - Venus Denarius, lifetime issue Feb-March 44 BC. Moneyer P. Sepullius Macer. Obv: CAESAR DICT PERPETVO legend with laureate and veiled head of Gaius Julius Caesar right. Rev: P SEPVLLIVS MACER legend with Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand, and sceptre set on shield in left. 20mm, 3.18 grams. Crawford 480/13; Sydenham 1074; RSC 39; Sear 1414. Fine. Scarce. Ex-Savoca [ATTACH=full]1144530[/ATTACH] Augustus with Divus Julius Caesar (27 BC-14 AD) MACEDON. Thessalonica. Obv: ΘEOΣ. Wreathed head of Julius Caesar right; uncertain c/m on neck. Rev: ΘEΣΣAΛONIKEΩN. Bare head of Augustus right; Δ below. RPC I 1554. Fine. 12.3 g.21 mm. Former: Numismatik Naumann The D has been interpreted as either a denomination mark (four assaria) or, more likely, a date - year four of the Actian era (28/7 BC). The ligate NK monogram has been generally accepted as a reference to Nero (Nerwn Kaisar). This is problematic considering that Thessalonica had abundant coinages issued under Claudius and Nero, such that countermarking these quite older coins would be unlikely. Touratsoglou (p. 105) follows Kraay's suggestion that the NK is an abbreviation for Nike (NiKh), and was applied to the coins during celebrations of the city's 50th anniversary of its grant of liberty by the Romans. All but two of the known specimens of this countermark occur on the coins of this first issue of Thessalonica, and the wear on the countermarks is nearly identical to that of the coins, suggesting that the countermarks could not have been applied very long after the coins entered circulation. Pop a cork. Tell a lie. And help celebrate the man, the myth, the Julius Caesar by sharing his coins, stories (true or not) and have fun:)[/QUOTE]
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