Denarius

Late Iberian or Late Republican

Metal: Silver.

Issuing entity: Rome.

Mint: Itinerant of Julius Caesar.

Date: 49-48 BC

Obverse:

Pontifical symbols: culullus, aspergillum, axe and apex.

Reverse:

Standing elephant walking to the right and crushing a dragon. Exergue: CAESAR.

Weight: 3.92 gr. - Diameter: 19 mm. - Axes: 6 h.

Described in: RRC 443/1.

Published in: Roselló Cremades, N., 1990: "Cataloguing of the Iberian and Roman numismatic collections of the collections of: D. Isidro Albert, D. Ramón Quiles and a hoard of late Roman coins", Ayudas a la investigación 1986-1987. Instituto de Cultura Juan Gil-Albert, p. 179, nº 165; Ramón Sánchez, J.J., García Barrachina, A., Verdú Parra, E., Bayo Fuentes, S., 2010: "Catálogo. Antigüedad", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Monedas. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 104.

Monetary Inventory Number: 166.

Purchase. Isidro Albert Collection.