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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 24653896, member: 26430&quot;]Well... I don&#039;t have this type, but I&#039;ve got one with the same obverse (Mars with a flowery helmet looking left).</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s actually from the immediately following issue (OP coin is Crawford 319/1, mine is 320/1, both traditionally dated to 103 BCE). Maybe they even shared the same engravers (if the CAESAR were off-center, you could be forgiven for thinking it&#039;s the obverse of a Thermia denarius).</p><p><br /></p><p>It also makes an interesting comparison in the following way...</p><p><br /></p><p>From the most hard-core, gritty realistic scene of Roman violence on the rev.: armored warriors in mortal combat (Q Mincius Thermia, Cr. 319/1) ...</p><p><br /></p><p>To the weirdest wimpiest Roman fever-dream fantasy: plump little winged baby cupids flying a chariot down the Via Appia for a leisurely Sunday morning <i>passeggiata </i>(L. Julius Caesar, Cr. 320/1)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1570624[/ATTACH]</p><blockquote><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>RRC. L. Julius L.f. Caesar (Moneyer) AR Denarius</b> (3.92g, 17mm, 12h), Rome, 103 BCE.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Obv</b>: CAESAR. Helmeted head of Mars, left, to left: ·ꓘ.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Rev</b>: B L·IVLI·L·F. Venus in biga driven by winged Cupids, lyre below; above: ·ꓘ.</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Ref</b>: Crawford 320/1 [<a href="https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-320.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-320.1" rel="nofollow">ANS CRRO 320.1</a>].</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Pub</b>: <a href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399" rel="nofollow">ANS RRDP, Schaefer Binder #19 (Processed, 300-399)</a>: p. 119 (ꓘ) &amp; p. 121 (·ꓘ).</font></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><font size="4"><b>Prov</b>: Ex <i>Scipio Collection, Part III</i> [<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9129247" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=9129247" rel="nofollow">Soler y Llach 1124 (23 Feb 2022), Lot 458</a>]; <i>Leo Benz (1906-1996) Collection </i>[Lanz 88 (23 Nov 1998), Lot 407]; Kricheldorf 29 (3 Mar 1975), Lot 249.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></blockquote><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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