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Aureus - Julius Caesar CAES·DIC QVAR / COS·QVINC
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 44 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Venus facing right, her hair elaborately arranged and bound with a diadem, rendered in the refined late-Republican style. The legend CAES·DIC·QVAR is disposed around the effigy in the field, identifying Caesar as dictator for the fourth time. The entire design is enclosed within a neat border of raised dots. The portrait, though nominally that of Venus, reflects the propagandistic iconography of Caesar's divine ancestry through the gens Julia. |
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| Obverse lettering | CAES DIC QVAR (Translation: Caesar, dictator for the fourth time.) |
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| Reverse lettering | COS QVINC (Translation: Consul for the fifth time.) |
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