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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3273333, member: 99456"]Nice collection of Palladia, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]! Here is one of my favorite coins - fraught with the adventures, romance and tragedies of the Aeneid, and the founding of Rome to further tempt [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>Julius Caesar minted these coins in North Africa during his campaign against Pompey to pay his troops and assert his claim as descendant of Aeneas & Venus. Aeneas was ancestor of Romulus, and son of the goddess Venus who seduced his father, Anchises, in the guise of a Phrygian princess. Anchises had bragged about his one night stand with Venus, and as a result received a crippling thunderbolt from Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin shows Aeneas carrying his aged father, Anchises, and the Palladium away from a burning Troy, with Venus on the Obverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]863696[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Julius Caesar</b> 47-46 BC</p><p>AR Denarius (19mm, 3.6g), North Africa mint</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head of Venus facing right.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, carrying his father Anchises on left shoulder and palladium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3273333, member: 99456"]Nice collection of Palladia, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER]! Here is one of my favorite coins - fraught with the adventures, romance and tragedies of the Aeneid, and the founding of Rome to further tempt [USER=96635]@Pavlos[/USER]. Julius Caesar minted these coins in North Africa during his campaign against Pompey to pay his troops and assert his claim as descendant of Aeneas & Venus. Aeneas was ancestor of Romulus, and son of the goddess Venus who seduced his father, Anchises, in the guise of a Phrygian princess. Anchises had bragged about his one night stand with Venus, and as a result received a crippling thunderbolt from Jupiter. The coin shows Aeneas carrying his aged father, Anchises, and the Palladium away from a burning Troy, with Venus on the Obverse. [ATTACH=full]863696[/ATTACH] [B]Julius Caesar[/B] 47-46 BC AR Denarius (19mm, 3.6g), North Africa mint [B]Obv:[/B] Diademed head of Venus facing right. [B]Rev:[/B] CAESAR, Aeneas advancing left, carrying his father Anchises on left shoulder and palladium.[/QUOTE]
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