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Denarius - Mark Antony M•ANTON•IMP / CAESAR•DIC
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 43 BC |
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| Currency | Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC) |
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| Reverse description | Bare head of Julius Caesar facing right, laureate, depicted in an idealised yet individualistic portrait style. Caesar's features are rendered with thin, angular lines conveying authority and gravitas. To the left of the portrait, a jug (lituus or simpulum) appears in the field as a pontifical emblem. A beaded border frames the design. The legend CAESAR•DIC is inscribed along the right field, identifying the subject as Caesar the Dictator. |
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| Mint | Moving military mint (Gaul) |
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This denarius belongs to the joint issue struck immediately following the formation of the Second Triumvirate in late 43 BC, when Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus formalized their alliance at Bononia. The pairing of Antony's imperator title with Caesar's dictatorship on a single coin was a calculated political statement — positioning both men as co-inheritors of Roman authority at the precise moment they were negotiating the proscription lists that would kill roughly 300 senators and 2,000 equestrians, Cicero among them.
The mobile military mint responsible for this issue has never been precisely located.