103291 | FRANCE. Julius Caesar copper Medal.

103291  |  FRANCE. Julius Caesar copper Medal. Issued circa mid-1960s (69mm, 192.79 g, 3h). Imitating a posthumous denarius from circa 40 BCE issued under the moneyer Titus Sempronius Gracchus.

 

Wreathed head right // TI SEMPR / GRACC / Q DESIG, signum, aquila, aratrum, and decempeda; S C across field. Edge: «cornucopia» CUIVRE No. 4/500.

 

Gem Mint State. Glossy red-bronze surfaces.

 

Part of a series of ancient coins struck in much larger medallic form by the Paris mint in the mid 1960s to early 1970s, these examples serve as direct analogs to renaissance issues like Paduans and Cavinos, which themselves were fairly faithful imitations of ancient coinage. Here, the subject is one of history's most famous men, Julius Caesar, who declared himself dictator for life before being assassinated in the Senate a few weeks later on the Ides of March 44 BCE (an event alluded to on another medal in this upload).

 

Upload: 15 September 2025.