JULIUS CAESAR SILVER DENARIUS – LIFETIME PORTRAIT ISSUE OF COSSUTIUS MARIDIANUS – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 18392)

$3,850.00

ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, d. 44 BC.
Silver denarius, 3.55 g, 18 mm. Lifetime issue of C. Cossutius Maridianus struck in Rome, February-March 44 BC.
Obv. [CAE]SAR DICT PERPET[VO], laureate and veiled head of Caesar right. Rev. [C MARI]DIANVS, Venus standing left, holding Victory and shield on globe.
Crawford, 480/16; Sydenham, 1067; Andreas Alföldi, Caesar, type XIX, pl. CXXXIX ff, esp. pl. CXLII, 39.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 3/5, Surface 3/5, “edge cut”, the infamous issue where Caesar proclaimed himself “Dictator in Perpetuity”, a power grab that undoubtedly fueled the sentiments that lead to his assassination.

Published: Vilmar Fixed Price List IV, no. 100.