Live auction - brm_1091844 - JULIUS CAESAR Denier

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brm_1091844

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Type : Denier

Date: 49 AC.

Mint name / Town : Gaule ou Italie

Metal : fourré silver

Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 8 h.

Weight : 3,47 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Joli denier sur flan très légèrement décentré, à l’usure régulière. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

B.9 (Julia) - BMC/RR.27 pl. 103/5 (Gaul) - CRR.1006 (1) - RRC.443 /1 - RSC.9 - RCV.1399 (440$) - CRI.9 - C.49 (2 fr.) - MRR.1373

Obverse

Obverse legend : CAESAR À L'EXERGUE.

Obverse description : Éléphant passant à droite ; à ses pieds, un serpent (ou carnyx, trompette gauloise).

Obverse translation : “Cæsar”, (César).

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Instruments pontificaux : simpulum, aspersoir, hache à sacrifice, chapeau à sacrifice.

Commentary

Monnaie fourrée. Contremarques au revers. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation de 750 coins de droit et de 833 coins de revers, représentant une production qui pourrait avoisiner les deux à quatre millions de deniers. Pendant très longtemps, on pensa que ce denier avait été frappé par César pendant la Guerre des Gaules entre 58 et 52 avant J.-C., en Gaule même. En fait, il fut fabriqué au début des Guerres Civiles. Il a été imité servilement par les Trévires avec le bronze HIRTIVS (LT. 9235), fortement romanisé.
Plated coin. Countermarks on the reverse. For this type, Mr. Crawford recorded an estimate of 750 obverse dies and 833 reverse dies, representing a production that could be close to two to four million denarii. For a very long time, it was thought that this denarius had been struck by Caesar during the Gallic Wars between 58 and 52 BC, in Gaul itself. In fact, it was produced at the beginning of the Civil Wars. It was slavishly imitated by the Treveri with the bronze HIRTIVS (LT. 9235), which was heavily Romanized.