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Description: | A worn 1st-century BC Roman silver Republican denarius struck by C. Julius Caesar, 'CAESAR' (Aeneas), struck at the African mint in c. 48 BC (Sydenham 1013; R.R.C. 458/1).There were 390 obverse dies and 433 reverse dies for this coin which means it was a significant issue. There are five specimens in the BritishMuseum (BMCRR East 31-5). Caesar's family claims descent from Venus. Aeneas was used in Roman mythology to connect Troy with Rome, a few years later to be immortalised in Virgil's Aeneid which was written in Augustus' reign (27BC-AD14).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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