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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4877336, member: 51347&quot;]<b><span style="color: #b30000"><i>I dunno... I could possibly toss out EVERY ONE of my Roman Republic Denarii... just really like them all!</i></span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>GAIVS IVLIVS CAESAR</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Last TWO Weeks of his life...</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-1-22_9-48-59-png.880251/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Roman Imperiatorial</p><p>Julius Caesar Lifetime</p><p>P Sepullius Macer</p><p>AR Denarius, 1st 2 weeks-Mar 44 BCE, 19 mm, 4.03g.</p><p>Obv: CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled and wreathed head of Caesar R.</p><p>Rev: P·SEPVLLIVS – MACER Venus standing l., holding Victory and sceptre resting on star.</p><p>Ref: Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e <b>Crawford 480-14</b> Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>- minted in last two weeks of his reign, or two weeks before he was assassinated.</p><p>- veiled, as he held the offce of Pontifex Maximus for several years, and that office was very important to him personally.</p><p>- wreathed... just short of being king... big no-no</p><p>- DICT PERPETVO - yeah, he was a king... so Roman Republic inherently and culturally hated kings.</p><p>- fairly difficult to capture with the star on reverse</p><p>- reasonably centered with most/all devices and legends (this is not as important to me cuz its numismatic vs the intrinsic Historical impact.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Alföldi arranges Crawford 480 series coins in (44 BC) month order as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>RRC 480/1, Buca - January</p><p>RRC 480/2, DICT QVART - early February</p><p>RRC 480/3/4/5, CAESAR IMP - late February</p><p><b>RRC <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/tel:480/6/7/8/9/10" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/tel:480/6/7/8/9/10">480/6/7/8/9/10</a>/11/12/13/<i>14, DICT PERPETVO - early to mid March</i></b></p><p>RRC 480/17/18, CAESAR IMPER - late March</p><p>RRC 480/19/20, PARENS PATRIAE - April</p><p>RRC 480/15/16, MARIDIANVS - April</p><p>RRC 480/21/22, CLEMENTIAE CAESARIS and Mark Antony - April[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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