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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #26
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                Lot Number: 62216
                Estimate: $100.00
                Final Sale Price: $108.90
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                Denomination: Denarius
                Grade: VF
                Reference: Crawford 464/2; Sear, CRI 70; Sydenham 982; Carisia 1a




  T. Carisius. 46 BC. AR Denarius (3.44 gm). Head of Juno Moneta right, one lock of
  hair falls down her neck; MONETA behind / T. CARISIVS, anvil die with garlanded punch
  die above, between tongs and hammer; all within laurel wreath. Crawford 464/2; Sear,
  CRI 70; Sydenham 982; Carisia 1a. VF, obverse grafitti, reverse scratch and banker's
  mark. Estimate $100.



  This particular type refers directly to the office of moneyer: the obverse alludes to
  the location of the mint, which was adjacent to the temple of Juno Moneta, and the
  reverse depicts the implements used by the mint workers to create the coins. This
  issue was struck to meet the extreme demands for coinage to pay the veterans of
  Caesar's quadruple triumph.


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