The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.17 g, 4h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Laureate female head (Clementia?) right, wearing triple-pellet earrings, hair in jewels, and necklace; LII (= 52) to left / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx surmonted by wolf’s head; securis to right; CAE SAR across field. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; RSC 18; Sydenham 1009; Kestner 3558-3559; BMCRR Rome 3955. EF, toned.
The letters LII behind the female head have long been recognized as representing Caesar's age, thereby placing this issue firmly within the year 48 BC,. Caesar's fifty-second birthday was on 13 July 48 BC; the battle at Pharsalus, the final major conflict between the Caesarian and Pompeian forces occurred one month later.
