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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #42
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                 Lot Number: 64968
                 Estimate: $300.00
                 Final Sale Price: $594.00
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                 Denomination: Denarius
                 Grade: VF toned
                 Reference: Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12




  Julius Caesar. 47-46 BC. AR Denarius (3.91 gm). Mint in Africa. Diademed head of
  Venus right / CAESAR, Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and palladium. Crawford
  458/1; CRI 55; Sydenham 1013; RSC 12. Nice VF, toned. Estimate $300.



  This type was struck by Caesar at an African mint while he was battling against the
  remnants of the Pompeian forces, led by Metellus Pius Scipio. The head of Venus
  advertises the Julian family's lineage, which supposedly stretched back to the love
  goddess's coupling with the Trojan hero Aeneas. The reverse is a scene straight out
  of Greco-Roman mythology--Aeneas fleeing the flames of Troy, carrying his aged father
  Anchises on his shoulder, rescuing the sacred Palladium (an archaic statue of
  Minerva), which would find a new home in Rome.