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Obverse: 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

Provenance

By date unknown: Boston Athenaeum Collection; deposited by The Boston Athenaeum, May 1, 1913

Credit Line

Deposited by The Boston Athenaeum

Denarius with head of Venus, struck under C. Julius Caesar

  • Roman, Late Republican Period, about 47–46 B.C.
Mint
Africa
Dimensions
Diameter: 18.5 mm. Weight: 3.89 gm. Die Axis: 7
Medium or Technique
Silver
Classification
Numismatics
Accession Number
13.633
Out on loan

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