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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2429154, member: 44132&quot;]After seeing TIF&#039;s beautiful example a time or two (or three or four), I&#039;ve been on the lookout for one of these.&nbsp; And although this one is not at all as nice as TIF&#039;s example, it&#039;s mine and it was a bargain (what? Did you expect anything else?).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]504446[/ATTACH] </p><p>L JULIUS CAESAR ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS JULIA</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: CAESAR Head of Mars left in crested helmet</p><p>REVERSE: Venus Genettris with scepter, in chariot drawn by two Cupids left, lyre in field, contolmark above, L IVLI L F in ex.</p><p>Struck at Rome, 103BC</p><p>3.85g, 17mm</p><p>Cr320/1, Syd 593a.</p><p><br /></p><p>From TIF&#039;s web page:</p><p>L. Julius Caesar, grandfather of Marc Anthony and cousin of&nbsp; Julius Caesar of Ides of March fame, was one of the earliest members of the family to attain the consulship. Governor of Macedonia in 94 BC, and consul during the Social War, he passed the basic law which offered Roman citizenship to the Italian allies; as censor along with P. Licinius Crassus, grandfather of the triumvir, he helped to enroll the first of them.&nbsp; He was an opponent of Marius and was killed on the latter&#039;s return to Rome in 87 BC. He was also the grandfather of Mark Antony.&nbsp; <i>(modified from </i><a href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=31211" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=31211" rel="nofollow">CNG&#039;s archives</a><i>)</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Why Venus Genetrix?</p><p><br /></p><p>The Julian family claimed descent from Venus through the Trojan exile Aeneas. As for the use of Cupid on this coin, Cupid/Eros is by some accounts the infant of Venus.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you would like to read more on this coin or see some of TIF&#039;s fabulous collection: <a href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c" rel="nofollow">http://www.tifcollection.com/#!l-julius-lf-caesar-denarius/c2c</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your unusual modes of transportation if you please.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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