Roman Empire, AR Denarius 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
4169281
Area
Coins
Title
Roman Empire, AR Denarius
Country
Roman Empire
Face value
denarius
Year
-47
Variety / overstrike
Era
Roman Republic (509-27 BC)
Head of State
Unknown
Type
Coin
Designer
Unknown
Series
Theme
Material
Silver (Ag)
Gold- or silver content
Weight
3.42
Diameter
17.71
Thickness
Punch
Coin alignment
Shape
Irregular / Other
Obverse
Diademed head of Venus r.
Reverse
CAESAR Aeneas advancing l., carrying palladium in r. hand and Anchises on l. shoulder
Edge
Privy mark
None
Mint mark
None
Number produced
Krause and Mishler number
Catalogue number
Crawford 458/1; RSC 12
Details

Dutch find: Nijmegen, Kopse Hof, 1982. This coin propagates the divine descent of the Julia gens, to which Julius Caesar belonged, from Venus, via Aeneas' son Iulus.

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