Lot description:
Ancients
Julius Caesar, as Dictator Perpetuo (ca. February-March 44 BC), with Publius Sepullius Macer, as Moneyer. AR denarius (18mm, 4.06 gm, 8h). NGC Choice AU 3/5 - 4/5. Rome. CAESAR-DICT PERPETVO, veiled, wreathed 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 with shield at base. Crawford 480/13. Sydenham 1074. Julia 50 and Sepullia 5. Glittering, crisp auburn peripherals.
From the Merrill A. Gibson Collection of Ancient Coins. Ex Apollo Numismatics, private sale with old dealer's tag included; Colosseum Coin Exchange, private sale with old dealer's tag included.
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. www.HA.com/TexasAuctioneerLicenseNotice
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