This is a controversial
denarius acquired from a famous American
auction house, it was previously auctioned in two European
auction houses in 2019 and 2013, respectively.
According to
auction house’s description, it’s a
Celtic imitation of the
denarius (
Crawford 447/1a) issued circa 48 BC by
military mint traveling with Pompey ‘the Great’ when he retreated to
Greece after
Julius Caesar crossed Rubicon river and marched towards
Rome. Although it is quite confident about this and pointed out that the previous European
auction houses ‘listed it erroneously as an official issue’, they did not mention the reasons for this conclusion.
