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This coin is clearly cast and not an official struck Rome mint issue. The molds were made with an official Rome mint as, struck under the moneyer Volusus Valerius Messalla, c. 6 B.C. Many unofficial counterfeits or perhaps semi-offical local imitations were struck and cast in Gaul, especially during the reign of Claudius (up to 50% of the bronze Claudius coins found in some areas), apparently due to shortages of official coinage. This coin may have been cast at that time.RB110362. Cast bronze as, cf. RIC I 441, BnF I 738 (struck, Rome mint, 6 B.C.), F, nice green patina, usual soapy appearance of casts, flaw upper reverse field, weight 5.508 g, maximum diameter 25.2 mm, die axis 315o, c. 6 B.C. - 54 A.D.; obverse CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT, bare head right; reverse VOLVSVS VALER MESSAL III VIR AAA FF, legend around S C; scarce;
Julius Caesar, Imperator and Dictator, October 49 - 15 March 44 B.C., Nicaea, Bithynia
Minted in Nicaea in 47 - 46 B.C., this was the first coin type to feature Julius Caesar's portrait. It was struck by the proconsul Gaius Vibius Pansa, who had been part of the Caesarian faction at Rome, and who probably owed his proconsulship to his patron. During Caesar's lifetime, only three provincial mints struck coins with his portrait: Nicaea, Bithynia; Lampsacus, Mysia; and Corinth, Greece. The first coins struck in Rome with a portrait of Caesar were denarii minted by M. Mettius in January 44 B.C.GB71357. Bronze AE 22, RPC I 2026; Rec Gen I.2, 11; BMC Pontus p. 153, 8; SNGvA 535; SNG Cop -, aF, grainy, porous, weight 6.976 g, maximum diameter 22.2 mm, die axis 0o, Nicaea (Iznik, Turkey) mint, Gaius Vibius Pansa, proconsul, 47 - 46 B.C.; obverse NIKAIEΩN, bare head of Julius Caesar right; reverse EΠI ΓAIOY OYIBIOY ΠANΣA, Nike advancing right, raising wreath in extended right hand, palm frond over shoulder in left, monograms inner right and lower left, CΛΣ (year 236) in exergue; rare; SOLD
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