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Description
ROMAN REPUBLIC Julius Caesar (60–44 BC). ND denarius (47–46 BC), North Africa. Obverse: Head of Venus wearing a diadem, facing right. Reverse: CAESAR. Aeneas walking towards the left, holding a palladium in his right hand and carrying Anchises on his left shoulder. RRC.458/1; Silver – 3.84 g – 16 mm – 6 h NGC AU 5/5 3/5 bankers’ mark (8769658-019). The strike is slightly off-centre but clear, and this specimen has seen very little circulation. Attractive grey patina with golden highlights. Superb. According to Virgil’s *Aeneid*, Aeneas fled the city of Troy carrying his lame father, Anchises. They arrive in Italy, where their descendants, Romulus and Remus, will go on to found Rome. On this denarius, Caesar highlights the origins of the gens Julia through the mythical founders of Rome
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Auction time 10/14/2026 at 9:30 AM
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