DR-203 | Crawford: 258/1
Sextus Iulius Caesar
Sextus Iulius Caesar
Gens: Julia
Moneyer: Sextus Iulius Caesar
Date and mint: 129 BC - Rome
Obverse: Bust of Roma with helmet, right. Dotted border.
Legend:
Symbols: Obverse before, x | Obverse behind, Anchor
Reverse: Venus in biga, right, reins in left hand and usually whip in right; behind, Cupid, crowning Venus. Linear border.
Legend: ROMA SEX IVLI CAISAR
Comment: For the first time on the coins of Roma the word CAESAR appears, although on this denarius it is in its primitive form CAISAR. The Julia family, especially the CAESAR, used the image of Venus a lot since they claimed to descend from this divinity through Iulus, son of Aeneas.
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2013)
Price: 1,055 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 258/1 |
| DR: | 203 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Roma 1140 |
| B (Babelon): | Julia 2 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Julia 2 |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | 761 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | 134 |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 476 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 629 |
| RBW: | |
| Other authors: |
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