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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2654667, member: 76194&quot;]A coin like this doesn&#039;t come every day. It&#039;s scarce, it was minted for only a month or two before the death of Julius Caesar, and features the face of one of the most well known people from the ancient world, Julius Caesar himself!</p><p><br /></p><p>Not only is the face on the coin world famous even after more than 2000 years, but it&#039;s also the first time in Roman history a living Roman&#039;s face appeared on the coinage.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]587891[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julius Caesar </b></p><p>AR Denarius (19mm, 3.9g, 9h)</p><p>Rome Mint (January - February, 44BCE)</p><p>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).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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