DENARIUS OF JULIUS CAESAR - FIRST PORTRAIT - Rome Mint 44 BC
OBV: Wreathed head right; behind, lituus left and CAESAR • DICT, QVART
REV: Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, in galloping biga right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding shield in left; M METTIVS in exergue.
OBV: Wreathed head right; behind, lituus left and CAESAR • DICT, QVART
REV: Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, in galloping biga right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding shield in left; M METTIVS in exergue.
OBV: Wreathed head right; behind, lituus left and CAESAR • DICT, QVART
REV: Juno Sospita, wearing goat skin headdress, in galloping biga right, brandishing spear in right hand and holding shield in left; M METTIVS in exergue.
This type is the first portrait denarius of Julius Caesar, struck in the first half of January 44 BC. His title on this issue, DICT QVART, dictator quartum, was given before he received the title dictator perpetuus