JULIUS CAESAR SILVER PORTRAIT DENARIUS – POSTHUMOUS VOCONIUS VITULUS ISSUE WITH MAGNIFICENT PORTRAIT – CHOICE XF STAR NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN OF THE 12 CAESARS (Inv. 19793)

$11,500.00

19793. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. JULIUS CAESAR, died 44 BC.
Silver Denarius, 4.09 g, 21 mm. Posthumous issue struck by Q. Voconius Vitulus in Rome, 40 BC.
Obv. Laureate classicizing head of Caesar right. Rev. Q VOCONIVS VITVLVS Q DESIGN, calf to left, S–C flanking.
Crawford 526/4; Sydenham 1133.
Ex Heritage 3089, 1/22/2021, lot 32161.
NGC graded CHOICE XF STAR, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, FINE STYLE, a superb specimen depicting a finely engraved idealized portrait of Caesar infused with classicizing features. This “idealized” type is quite unlike the frequently seen hyper–realistic (veristic) images of the great general.