ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius 51 BC Imperatorial - C. Coelius Caldus - EXCEPTIONAL PORTRAIT ! AEF

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ROMAN REPUBLIC - Imperatorial - C. Coelius Caldus

AR Denarius - silver - Rome Mint - 51 BC

Obv.: Head of the consul C. Coelius Caldus right; standard inscribed HIS behind ; standard with boar's head below chin; legend: C·COEL·CALDVS / COS
(translation: The Consul Gaius Coelius Caldus, Spain)

Rev.: Table inscribed L·CALDVS / VII·VIR·EPVL (septemvir epulo), behind which a cloaked male figure is preparing an epulum (banquet); on either side of table, a trophy; on left, trophy with Macedonian shield; on right, trophy with carnyx and oval shield decorated with thunderbolt; in outer left field, C·CALDVS downwards and in outer field right, IMP·A·X downwards (imperator, augur, decemvir); in exergue, CALDVS·III.VIR.

Provenance: ex coin dealer (DE); ex Niels Bro-Rasmussen Collection; ex Geremia Bisceglia Collection

Historic context: The standard with the inscription HIS on the obverse recalls the fact that the mintmaster's ancestor, who bore the same name, conducted a military campaign in Hispania Citerior and was appointed proconsul there in 99 or 98 BC. The reverse recounts us of another ancestor of the mintmaster, who had organized an epulum, a ceremonial entertainment banquet for Jupiter on the Ides of November, during the ludi pebeli.

Condition remark: An exceptional coin, with a beautiful late republican portrait in high relief. The coin exhibits a fine cabinet patina with golden and bluish iridescent reflections. A superficial scratch on obverse. Rare this nice!

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