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JULES CAESAR Caius Julius Caesar 63 - 15 March 44
Diademed h…
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410
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JULES CAESAR Caius Julius Caesar 63 - 15 March 44
Diademed h…
See original version (French)
Estimate €180 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
JULES CAESAR Caius Julius Caesar 63 - 15 March 44
Diademed head of Venus on the right.
R/. *Aeneas walking on the left, holding the palladium and carrying his father Anchises on his shoulder. Behind, CAESAR. Grenetis.
♦ Babelon 10; Cr 458; Sydenham 1013
Silver denarius struck in 48-46 travelling workshop (3.37 g).
T.B.
After the fall of Troy, *Aeneas, a Trojan warrior, was ordered by the gods to flee with a group of people, including his father and his son, Iulus. After Aeneas' 'Odyssey' across the Mediterranean, he landed in Italy, and his legacy became the foundation of Rome, his descendants being Romulus and Remus. This story was later immortalised in Virgil's Aeneid.
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