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Obolos 17

20 December 2020
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Starting Price: 300 CHF
Hammer Price:  460 CHF
Lot 613

Julius Caesar, late 48-47 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19.5 mm, 3.70 g, 7 h), military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. Diademed head of Venus to right, wearing necklace of pearls. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas advancing to left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder. Babelon (Julia) 10. Crawford 458/1. CRI 55. Sydenham 1013. Boldly struck. A few minor planchet flaws, otherwise, good very fine.



Familial piety was a most sacred concept to the Romans, a people who worshipped their ancestors (the familial lares) and who considered themselves the descendants of Aeneas. The reverse of this coin depicts the moment when Aeneas rescued his aging father, Anchises, carrying him upon his shoulder and delivering him to safety during the mayhem as the city of Troy fell to the Greeks.

Online bidding closes: 20 Dec 2020, 20:06:30 CET Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 02:39:39 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:460 CHF by www1569 (5 bids)
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