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Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. C. Vibius Varus. 42 BC. AV Aureus (20mm, 8.04 g, 7h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Venus, half nude and seen from behind, standing left beside a column, looking at herself in mirror. Crawford 494/34; CRI 190; Sydenham 1137; Bahrfeldt 36; Calicó 33; RBW 1738. Minor marks, slightly off center. VF.
From the Wayne Scheible Collection. Ex Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 835; Sternberg XVIII (20 November 1986), lot 372; Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (19 June 1975), lot 372; Enrico Caruso Collection (Canessa, 28 June 1923), lot 130; P.M. Stroehlin Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 25 May 1903), lot 3.
David Sear relates both the head of Apollo on the obverse and the Venus on the reverse to the gens Iulia. The aureus thus commemorates the murdered Caesar, which is certainly related to the struggle of the triumvirs against the assassins of Caesar. The extraordinarily extensive coinage in 42 served to finance this struggle and was made possible by proscriptions and tax collections.
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