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| Keywords: Coin Julius Caesar Pontifex Maximus.PNG AR Denarius Rome mint; Publius Sepullius Macer moneyer Wreathed and veiled head right; CAESAR DICT PERPETVO around Venus Victrix standing left holding crowning Victory and scepter; to lower right round shield set on ground; P · SEPVLLIVS MACER around Crawford 480/10; Alföldi Type VIII 24-6 A12/R3 ; CRI 107a; Sydenham 1073; Kestner -; BMCRR Rome 4169-71; RSC 38 Enlarged from the original owned by G N Olcott Silver coin bearing the head of Julius Caesar This coin a denarius worth about seventeen cents represents Caesar as Pontifex Maximus Together with all the other Roman coins bearing Caesar's image it was struck in the year before his death ”44-45 B C The fact that Caesar placed his image on these coins may have strengthened the suspicion of his enemies that he wished to make himself king http //www gutenberg org/files/16324/16324-h/16324-h htm G Ferrero The Women of the Caesars New York 1911 1911 PD-old See also 200px Iulius Caesar on coins -44 Denarius -44 Venus on coins -44 Victory on coins -44 Sceptres in art Shields on coins | ||||
