Very rare coin with a portrait of Julius Caesar. They are extremely rare in Roman numismatics and therefore they are not found in the vast majority of numismatic collections.
Roman Imperial
Divus Augustus (27 BC-14 AD), AE21 28-27 BC, Thessalonica mint
Obverse: bare Head of Julius Caesar right
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Reverse: bare head of Augustus right
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Weight 7.36 g
The Roman commander Titus Quintius Flamininus defeated Macedonian King Philipp V in 197 BC at Kynoskefalai and forced him to relinquish hegemony over Greece. In another war, another Roman, Lucius Aemilius Paulus, defeated Philip's son Perseus at Pydna (168 BC) and dethroned the dynasty. Macedonia became a Roman province. From Augustus to Claudius, in the years 31 BC - 50 AD Coins were minted in Thessaloniki, characterized by the fact that on one side of the coin there is a portrait of the ruler and on the other side a portrait of someone significant from the imperial family. One of the first such coins was the coin offered here, minted in 28-27 BC with portraits of Julius Caesar and Octavian August.
