Denarius of Julius Caesar, worn and ex mount – see the pictures it’s been soldered into a mount and then cut from it wearing a groove at around 7 o’clock on the reverse. Despite the damage it’s a genuine coin to fill a gap in an expensive series to collect.
Obverse: Diademed head of Venus
Reverse:Aeneas advancing left, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder; CAESAR to right
References: Crawford 458/1, RSC 12
Diameter: 17mm
Weight: 2.42 grams
The Small Print:
Grading coins is somewhat subjective with increasing numbers of dealers, especially on eBay, avoiding giving a grade at all or describing a coin as “high grade” or similar. I’ve graded the coins I sell in the same way as I grade the coins in my own collection or as I grade them when I’m buying – if I buy a coin from you, you won’t have been told that it was in Fine condition only for it to turn up on my site described as Very Fine. You should make you own mind up about the condition of the coin but if you’re new to collecting I would encourage you to take advice. There are a great many groups on social media sites with experienced collectors and dealers posting coins that you can look at which will help you learn to grade coins and feel free to copy any of my images to post on groups to get opinions on the actual coins I’m selling.
I’ve made every effort to provide good quality images of the items I sell but, with coins especially, there’s no substitute for having it in hand to examine it under a lens to assess it. If you buy anything from me and are disappointed when you receive it, for any reason, send it back in the same condition as it was received and I will refund you, minus the cost of postage.
All coins, medals and other items I sell are genuine unless I have explicitly described them as otherwise and I guarantee this forever. If I sell you something as genuine that later turns out to be a forgery I will take the item back and refund you in full including all postage costs.