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LOT 3085
The Caesarians, Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Late 48-47 BC.
Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus to right / Aeneas advancing to left, carrying palladium and Anchises on shoulder; CAESAR downwards to right. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; BMCRR East 31-35; RSC 12. (NGC graded F 5/5 - 1/5, bankers marks (#6944875-003).).
Provenance
Ex Roma Numismatics, London, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus to right / Aeneas advancing to left, carrying palladium and Anchises on shoulder; CAESAR downwards to right. Crawford 458/1; CRI 55; BMCRR East 31-35; RSC 12. NGC graded F 5/5 - 1/5, bankers marks (#6944875-003).
Ex Roma Numismatics, London, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
