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Denarius with head of Venus, struck under C. Julius Caesar
Roman
Late Republican Period
about 47–46 B.C.
Mint: Africa
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 3.89 gm. Die Axis: 7
Credit Line
Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum
Accession Number13.633
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Venus to right, diademed; hair rolled back, collected in a knot behind and falling in two locks down her neck.
Reverse: Aeneas, naked, walking left, holding Palladium in right hand and bearing on left shoulder his father Anchises.
At right: CAESAR
Reverse: Aeneas, naked, walking left, holding Palladium in right hand and bearing on left shoulder his father Anchises.
At right: CAESAR
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Boston Athenaeum Collection; deposited by The Boston Athenaeum, May 1, 1913