Description

Military mint traveling with Caesar in North Africa. c. 48-46 BC

Obverse: Diademed head of Venus right. Reverse: Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium and bearing Anchises on his shoulder.

A popular type. Fantastic centering with the strike perfectly placed and hammered onto a broad flan.

Deep cabinet toning.  From an old cabinet collection established in 1945.  New to the market since then.