| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61288 | Auction date: 18 September 2022 |
| Lot number: 95169 Price realized: 2,600 USD (Approx. 2,601 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 (February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius (16mm, 3.91 gm, 5h). NGC Choice VF 3/5 - 3/5, brushed. Rome, February-March 44 BC. CAESAR-DICT•PERPETVO, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right / P•SEPVLLIVS / MACER, Venus Victrix standing facing, head left, Victory left in right hand, scepter set on star in left. Crawford 480/10. Sydenham 1073. Julia 48 and Sepullia 3. Wonderful even toning on a lustrous flan. From the Historical Scholar Collection 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-february-march-44-bc-with-publius-sepullius-macer-as-moneyer-ar-den/a/61288-95169.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022 HID02906262019 © 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
