| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3114 | Auction date: 16 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 33230 Price realized: 2,400 USD (Approx. 2,205 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients Julius Caesar, as Dictator Perpetuo (ca. February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius (18mm, 3.79 gm, 4h). NGC XF 4/5 - 2/5, bankers marks, scratches. Rome. CAESAR-DICT•PERPETVO, laureate head of Julius Caesar right / P•SEPVLLIVS downward on right, MACER downward on left, Venus standing facing, head left, Victory standing left in outstretched right hand, scepter in left. Crawford 480/11. Sydenham 1072. Julia 49 and Sepullia 4. Deep cabinet toning on the obverse, along with an interestingly placed bankers mark. This series of coins containing the "DICT PERPETVO", or Dictator in Perpetuity, in conjunction with his lifetime portrait, is considered by historians as the coins that killed Caesar. Around a month after this legend was minted, Julius Caesar was assassinated by the Senate in the Theater of Pompey. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-julius-caesar-as-dictator-perpetuo-ca-february-march-44-bc-with-publius-sepullius-macer-as-moneyer-ar/a/3114-33230.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3114-01162024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
