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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #26
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                Lot Number: 62229
                Estimate: $500.00
                Final Sale Price: $341.00
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                Denomination: Denarius
                Grade: VF
                Reference: Crawford 480/21; Sear, CRI 110; Sydenham 1076; RSC 44




  Julius Caesar. 44 BC. AR Denarius (3.91 gm). CLEM-[E]NTIA CAESARIS, tetrastyle temple
  / Horseman galloping right; wreath behind, P SEPVLLIVS above, MAC[ER] below. Crawford
  480/21; Sear, CRI 110; Sydenham 1076; RSC 44. VF, porous, reverse banker's mark. Very
  Rare. Estimate $500.



  According to Sear, the obverse depicts the temple to Caesar that the Senate decreed
  be built in gratitude to the mercy he showed them after taking Rome. This coin was
  likely minted by Antony as propaganda supporting the memory of Caesar as a popular
  leader shortly after his death.


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