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Notes: The elephant denarius of Julius Caesar, minted between 49 and 48 BC, is one of the most famous and influential coins in Roman history. Struck shortly after Caesar crossed the Rubicon and seized the state treasury in Rome, these silver coins were produced in the tens of thousands to pay his loyal legions during the onset of the Civil War. Julius Caesar was a brilliant Roman general and statesman whose ambition fundamentally altered Western history. Through his conquest of Gaul and ultimate victory in a bitter civil war, he dismantled the fragile Roman Republic and concentrated absolute authority into his own hands as dictator for life. Though he enacted lasting populist reforms—including the creation of the Julian calendar—his immense power terrified the Roman Senate. On March 15, 44 BC, a conspiracy of senators assassinated him, an act intended to save the Republic that instead catalyzed the rise of the autocratic Roman Empire. Coin type: Roman Republican Gens: Julius Caesar Moneyer: Mobile Military Coin: Silver Denarius Obverse: CAESAR - Elephant Advancing Right, Trampling on Horned Serpent Reverse: Anepigraphic - Emblems of the Pontificate: Simpulum, Aspergillum, Securis, & Apex Mint: Mobile Military Mint (49 BC) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.93g / 17mm / 1H References: Crawford 443|1 RSC 49 AC9JL03