JULIUS CAESAR SILVER DENARIUS – ISSUE OF LIVINEIUS REGULUS WITH BULL – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 19231)

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19231. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Silver Denarius, 3.92 g, 19 mm. Posthumous issue struck by L. Livineius Regulus at Rome, 42 BC.
Obv. Laureate head of Caesar right, laurel branch to left, winged caduceus at right. Rev. L LIVINEI[VS] R[EGVLVS], bull charging right.
Crawford 494/24; Sydenham 1106.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, the depiction of Julius Caesar showing accentuated aspects of “verism” (hyper realism), a feature characteristic of late Republican portraiture.