Republican and The Imperators
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Julius Caesar Denarius, RSC 12Mint in Africa, Julius Caesar Denarius, 47-46 BC AR 19mm 3.44g, Cr458/1, Syd 1013, RSC 12
O: Diademed head of Venus right
R: CAESAR, Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and the Palladium
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L. Hostilius Saserna denarius, RSC I Hostilia 5Rome mint, L. Hostilius Saserna denarius, 48 B.C. AR, 3.45g 19mm, SRCV I 417, RSC I Hostilia 5, Sydenham 951, Crawford 448/2,
O: diademed female head right (Clementia? or Pietas?), wearing cruciform earring, hair in a knot and falling down neck;
R: L HOSTILIVS SASERNA, Victory advancing right carrying a winged caduceus, Gallic trophy and palm fronds
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Mark Antony denarius, BMC 193Patrae(?) mint, Mark Antony denarius, Triumvir and Imperator, 32-31 B.C. AR, 17.4mm 3.25g , Crawford 544/15, Sydenham 1217, BMC 193, RSC I 28
O: ANT dot AVG / III VIR dot R dot P dot C, galley right with rowers, mast with banners at prow, border of dots
R: LEG - III, legionary eagle between two standards, border of dots
This legion was probably Caesar's old III Gallica, which fought for Antony. Another possibility is III Cyrenaica, which was perhaps taken over from Lepidus. The III Augusta was probably an Octavian legion.
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MN CORDIUS RUFUS denarius, BMC 4037Rome mint, MN CORDIUS RUFUS denarius, 46 B.C. AR, 18mm 3.74g, Cr. 463/1a; RSC Cordia 2a; BMC 4037
O: RVFVS III VIR, Jugate heads of Dioscuri r., wearing laureate pilei
R: MN CORDIVS, Venus l., holding scales and sceptre, Cupid behind
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Mn Fonteius Denarius, Cr. 353/1c. Mn Fonteius Denarius, 85 B.C. AR, 21mm 3.77g, Cr. 353/1c.
Obv: MN FONTEI C•F Laureate head of Apollo Vejovis r, thunderbolt below
Rev: Cupid riding goat r., caps of the Dioscuri above, thrysos below, all within laurel wreath.
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Mn. Aemilius Lepidus denarius, BMC Italy 590Mn. Aemilius Lepidus denarius, 114-113 B.C. AR, 3.76g 19mm, SRCV 168, Crawford 291/1, Sydenham 554, RSC Aemilia 7, BMC Italy 590
O: laureate and draped bust of Roma right, ROMA (MA in monogram) before, X (XVI in monogram) behind
R: MN•AEMILIO (MN in monogram), horseman holding vertical spear (equestrian statue) right, on triple-arch containing L-E-P
The triple-arch probably represents the Aqua Marcia, an aqueduct begun by M. Aemilius Lepidus and M. Fulvius Nobilior as Censors in 179 B.C.
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Victoriatus, RRC 124/1Uncertain mint, Victoriatus, 206-195 B.C. AR, 16mm 1.91g, RRC 124/1
O: Jupiter, laureate bust, r.
R: Victory crowning trophy, meta in between Victory and trophy
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