Julius Caesar The Caesarians Denarius April -44 Rome mint
Julius Caesar, The Caesarians, Denarius, circa. April -44, Rome mint, C. Cossutius Maridianus as moneyer
350.00$Crawford 480/19; Alföldi Type XVII, 86–89 (A13/R7); CRI 112; Sydenham 1069; RSC 8; BMCRR Rome 4187; RBW 1687.
Obv.: Laureate and veiled head right; apex and lituus flanking neck; PARENS PATRIAE upward to left, CAESAR upward to right.
Rev.: Cruciform COSSVTIVS MARIDIANVS; A A A F • F in angles.
3.35 g
17 mm
Banker's marks.
Gaius Cossutius Maridianus was apparently the last man appointed to the recently expanded quatrovirate of moneyers in 44 BC. All of his Caesar heads are veiled, alluding to Caesar's role as Pontifex Maximus. This issue is the last Caesar portrait type struck in 44 BC and is, according to David R. Sear, "clearly posthumous, presumably belonging to mid-April."
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