Julius Caesar - denarius with portrait of Caesar rare! (D1960)

Julius Caesar, as Dictator (49-44 BC). AR denarius (20 mm, 3,94 gm).  Rome, February-March 44 BC, P. Sepullius Macer, moneyer. CAESAR-DICT • PERPETVO, veiled and laureate head of Julius Caesar right / P • SEPVLLIVS downward on right, MACER downward on left, Venus standing left, Victory in right hand, scepter in left; shield at feet behind. Crawford 480/13. Sydenham 1074. RSC 39.

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.