ROMAN REPUBLIC ANCIENT COINAGE
Cn. Lentulus
76-75 BC
Year Julius Caesar captured by Pirates
In 75 BC a band of Cilician pirates in the Aegean Sea captured a 25-year-old
Roman nobleman named Julius Caesar, who had been on his way to study
oratory in Rhodes. Struck 76-75 BC, Silver Denarius. 19mm. 3.80g. Uncertain mint in Spain.
Obverse: G•P•R, diademed and draped bust of bearded Genius Populi Romani right, scepter over shoulder.
Reverse: CN•LEN•Q, globe between scepter adorned with fillet and crown (on left) and rudder (on right); EX•-S•C across outer fields.
Ref. Crawford 393/1a. Sydenham 752. Cornelia 54.
NGC Certified and Graded Ch VF ~ Choice Very Fine, Attractively toned.
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