Julius Caesar - denarius with portrait of Caesar rare! (JUL2062)

Julius Caesar. February-March 44 BC. AR Denarius (19 mm, 3,78 g). Rome mint; L. Aemilius Buca, moneyer. Wreathed head of Caesar right; CAESAR •DICT downward to right, PERPETVO upward to left / Fasces and winged caduceus in saltire; clasped hands to left, globe above, axe below; L • BVCA upward to right. Crawford 480/6; Alföldi Type XIII; CRI 103; Sydenham 1063; RSC 25

Issued from February up to the assassination of Caesar on March 15, 44. This coin represents one of the late lifetime portraits of Julius Caesar, with the title of a 'Dictator for life'. These portrait series were issued in large quantities to pay the troops gathered for Caesar's intended Parthian campaign. His assassination on the Ides of March prevented these plans.