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The Caesarians. Julius Caesar. Late spring-early summer 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.99 g, 11h). Military mint traveling with Caesar. Diademed female head (Clementia?) right, wearing oak wreath; LII (= 52, Caesar's age) to left / Gallic trophy, holding oval shield and carnyx surmonted by wolf’s head; securis to right. Crawford 452/2; CRI 11; Sydenham 1009; RSC 18; DCA 937; RBW –. Toned, patches of iridescence, minor deposits. EF.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 123 (33 May 2023), lot 491; J. Westervelt Collection (Knobloch FPL 25 [December 1964]), no. 246.
The letters LII behind the female head have long been recognized as representing Caesar's age, thereby placing this issue firmly within the year 48 BC. Caesar's fifty-second birthday was on 13 July 48 BC; the battle at Pharsalus, the final major conflict between the Caesarian and Pompeian forces occurred one month later.
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