I've been searching for a lifetime
portrait of
Julius Caesar, in bronze, for a while now. Several pieces have come up for
auction, but they either went well beyond what I wanted to spend or they were just too low grade for my taste.
One night last week I was browsing another coin site for new listings when one popped up...and it happened to be from
FORVM. The coin was better than some I'd seen and was reasonably priced, especially with the 10% off sale Joe was running.....so I pulled the trigger. The coin arrived today.
It appears
far nicer in the metal than the photo suggests. The surfaces are a very pleasing dark green. The lighting in the photo highlights lighter appearing patches which are only visible when the coin is held at just the right angle under a very bright light.
Here is the coin.....
It is an
AE20 from Lampsacus,
Mysia minted ca. 45 BC.
I'll be adding it to my
gallery shortly with a better description and write-up.