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Denarius Carisia: Titus Carisius, T•CARISI
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 46 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of Victory facing right, her hair elaborately dressed with a beaded diadem and gathered at the nape in a bun secured by a beaded net, a pendant earring visible below the ear. The goddess wears a necklace of beads and a draped garment rendered in finely incised folds at the shoulder. The portrait is executed in a confident, high-relief Hellenistic style characteristic of late Republican die-cutting, with the facial features sharply detailed. No legend appears on the obverse, the field being otherwise plain. |
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| Mint | Rome Mint |
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Titus Carisius served as moneyer in 46 BC, a year when Julius Caesar was simultaneously holding his third dictatorship and overhauling Rome's coinage system — the moneyers of that year operated under unusually direct pressure from a single authority rather than the Senate. RRC 464/4 is one of several distinct types Carisius produced that year, a notably prolific output for a single moneyer, likely reflecting the increased striking volume Caesar demanded to fund his ongoing campaigns and triumphs.