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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |after 50 B.C.| > RR85019
Roman Republic, Dictatorship of Julius Caesar, L Hostilius Saserna, 48 B.C.
|after| |50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Dictatorship| |of| |Julius| |Caesar,| |L| |Hostilius| |Saserna,| |48| |B.C.|, The events of 48 B.C. are among the best known of ancient history. Caesar defeated Pompey at Pharsalus and later was greeted at Alexandria with a gift of Pompey's head. The twenty-one-year-old Cleopatra VII had herself delivered to him rolled in a carpet and became his mistress. Caesar and Cleopatra defeated Ptolemy XIII, but during the battle the Library of Alexandria was burned.

This type refers to Caesar's taking of Massilia early in the war with Pompey. Artemis Ephesia was held in special reverence at Massilia, where they had a temple dedicated to her.
RR85019. Silver denarius, Sydenham 953, Crawford 448/3, RSC I Hostilia 4, Sear Imperators 19, BMCRR Rome 3996, SRCV I 419, aEF, well centered, toned, uneven strike with weak areas, Rome mint, weight 3.376g, maximum diameter 18.7mm, die axis 135o, 48 B.C.; obverse bare head of Gallia right with long disheveled hair, carnyx (Gallic trumpet) behind; reverse cultus statue of Diana (Artemis) of Ephesus standing facing, laureate, long hair falling down her shoulders and long flowing robes, holding stag left by its antlers with her right hand, vertical spear in left hand, SASERNA curving upward on left, L • HOSTILIVS downward on right; scarce; SOLD










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