A Pair of Julius Caesar Trophy Denarii
The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late 46-early 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 5h). Military mint traveling with Caesar in Spain. Diademed head of Venus right, with Cupid over her shoulder / Trophy of Gallic arms, composed of helmet and cuirass, oval shield and
carnyx in each hand; two seated captives at base, the one on left a female in attitude of dejection, the one on right a bearded male with hands bound behind him. Crawford 468/1; CRI 58; Sydenham 1014; RSC 13. Lightly toned. EF.
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 92 (23 May 2016), lot 390.
