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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Volodya, post: 3571721, member: 19615&quot;]Struck by L. Valerius Asisculus in 45 BC. Crawford 474/4, Sear, Imperators 93, Valeria 21.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Zeus right, pickax (acisculus) and ACISCVLVS behind, all in laurel-wreath. </p><p>Rx: Anguipede Giant facing, grasping Jupiter&#039;s thunderbolt which has struck his flank, and raising hand in agony, L VALERIVS in exergue</p><p><br /></p><p>The rarest of a series of coins of this moneyer, all of which feature a pick-ax on the obverse, a pun on the moneyer&#039;s name. The combination of Zeus with the defeated Giant presumably refers to the victory of Caesar over all his enemies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phil Davis[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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