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Roman Republic, the Imperatorial Period, Dīvus Gāius Iūlius C.f. C.n. Caesar (the Divine Julius Caesar) of gens Iūliī Caesarēs, Roman Statesman and Military General of the Republic, later Dictātor and Dictātor Perpetuō, died 44 BC, Silver Denarius (3.44g, 18mm), Consecration Issue, Rome mint 40 BC, struck under the authority of Quīntus Vocōnius Vitulus (of gens Vocōnia), as triumvir monētālis and quaestor. Obverse: Laureate head of the Divine Julius Caesar facing to the right. Reverse: Bull-calf advances left, decree of the Senate “S C” flanks either side, magistrate’s name and title above and below, “Q· VOCONIVS VITVLVS· Q· DESIGN”. Crawford 526/4; Sydenham 1133. A scarce type in modest condition, evenly worn and nicely toned with a clear steel grey, all devices clear, the style quite fine, trifling marks for the grade, details Fine, scarce and a very affordable portrait coin of the famed Dictator.
Gāius Iūlius ‘Gāī fīlius’ ‘Gāī nepōs’ Caesar (Gaius Julius Caesar, son of Gaius, grandson of Gaius), was a member of gens Iūlia, specifically the branch of gens Iūliī Caesarēs, one of the most prominent patrician families of Ancient Rome. Despite having a rich history of prominent statesmen as far back as the early 5th Century BC, beginning first with Gāius Iūlius Iūlus’ Consulship in 489 BC, the family’s most illustrious member is arguably the aforementioned, becoming one of the most influential and well-known men of the Roman Republic. Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated on the Ides of March, 15th of March, of 44 BC, by senators led by Quīntus Servīlius Caepiō Brūtus and Gāius Cassius Longinus, leading to civil war. In opposition to the Tyrannicides was the Caesarian faction led by Mārcus Antōnius, Gāius Iūlius C.f. C.n. Caesar ‘Octāvianus’, Caesar’s adopted son, and Mārcus Aemilius Lepidus who formed the Second Triumvirate – an extraordinary magistracy that reasserted Caesarian control over the western provinces and consolidate power in preparation for war. At the start of 42 BC, the Triumvirs secured the deification of Caesar, declared by the Senate on the 1st January 1942, and was thereafter known as Dīvus Gāius Iūlius C.f. C.n. Caesar (the Divine Gaius Julius Caesar, son of Gaius, grandson of Gaius).
