Julius Caesar's second issue of coinage in 48BC during his civil-war with Pompey consisted of an aureus, three slightly different varieties of denarius, and a quinarius, all displaying the same basic reverse-type, the legend CAESAR across a trophy. As for the obverse, the aureus and the denarii display the same female head, while the quinarius displays a different female head. In each case, however, the only obverse-legend consists of three letters or numerals at the back of the neck, usually read LII, the number 52 in Roman numerals, where what looks like a reversed letter T is read as the older form of the numeral L. This has traditionally been interpreted in reference to the age of Caesar at the date of issue. This paper argues that this...
This article describes the coins minted by Sextus Pompey in Hispania from 45 to 44 BC (one issue of ...
departure and return of the Roman Emperor.1 Leaving aside the representations of pro-fectio in this ...
During the principate of Augustus Caesar, a series of 'asses' (RIC I2 Augustus 390–396) were minted ...
In many parts of the Greek world, lower dies with more than one obverse type were occasionally used ...
This article revisits the issue of dating and interpreting the áureus of Pompey the Great (RRC 402),...
Sydenham identifies the date of this coin as 40 B.C.E. instead of the date of 42 B.C.E .identified b...
Thanks to a generous donation by Ms. Joan Law, the Museum of Classical Archaeology has been ab...
abstract: This paper is a study of Roman propaganda and legitimizing strategies in the late Republic...
Here we want to show an interesting fact concerning the profile of the Caesar’s head, which is portr...
Crawford notes that the absence of the cognomen Caesar and of any of the types used on coins by Iuli...
This article presents a case study of three different coin series (RRC 468-RRC 470) minted near cont...
[Extract] Archaic Greek and early Roman coinage is largely imprinted with mythic symbols and short, ...
The nummi struck in the Alexandrian mint at the end of the first Tetrarchy obviously break the unifo...
Sydenham identifies the date of this coin as 41 B.C.E. instead of the date of 42 B.C.E .identified b...
Here we want to show that the Romans used some biometric measurements when they struck the portrait...
This article describes the coins minted by Sextus Pompey in Hispania from 45 to 44 BC (one issue of ...
departure and return of the Roman Emperor.1 Leaving aside the representations of pro-fectio in this ...
During the principate of Augustus Caesar, a series of 'asses' (RIC I2 Augustus 390–396) were minted ...
In many parts of the Greek world, lower dies with more than one obverse type were occasionally used ...
This article revisits the issue of dating and interpreting the áureus of Pompey the Great (RRC 402),...
Sydenham identifies the date of this coin as 40 B.C.E. instead of the date of 42 B.C.E .identified b...
Thanks to a generous donation by Ms. Joan Law, the Museum of Classical Archaeology has been ab...
abstract: This paper is a study of Roman propaganda and legitimizing strategies in the late Republic...
Here we want to show an interesting fact concerning the profile of the Caesar’s head, which is portr...
Crawford notes that the absence of the cognomen Caesar and of any of the types used on coins by Iuli...
This article presents a case study of three different coin series (RRC 468-RRC 470) minted near cont...
[Extract] Archaic Greek and early Roman coinage is largely imprinted with mythic symbols and short, ...
The nummi struck in the Alexandrian mint at the end of the first Tetrarchy obviously break the unifo...
Sydenham identifies the date of this coin as 41 B.C.E. instead of the date of 42 B.C.E .identified b...
Here we want to show that the Romans used some biometric measurements when they struck the portrait...
This article describes the coins minted by Sextus Pompey in Hispania from 45 to 44 BC (one issue of ...
departure and return of the Roman Emperor.1 Leaving aside the representations of pro-fectio in this ...
During the principate of Augustus Caesar, a series of 'asses' (RIC I2 Augustus 390–396) were minted ...