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                               Julius Caesar

This coin comes from a massive issue which was struck to pay for
Caesar's projected Parthian War. The coins are often struck
carelessly and are normally encountered with peripheral weakness,
evidence of the mint's haste to complete its task. The veil which Caesar
wears on this coin signifies his office of pontifex maximus, an honor and
duty which he had held for the previous two decades.

Julius Caesar. 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.85 gm). P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer.
CAESAR DICT PERPETVO, laureate and veiled head of Caesar right / P.
SEPVLLIVS MACER, Venus standing left, holding Victory in right hand,
sceptre set on shield in left. Crawford 480/13; Sear 107d; Sydenham 1074;
BMCRR 4173; RSC 39. EF, strike a little weak around left edge.

From Triton II (CNG/Freeman & Sear/NAC, 1-2 December 1998), lot 725.

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