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ID:     77000470
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     MYSIA
City:     Lampsacus
Issuer:     Julius Caesar
Date Ruled:     45 BC
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 21
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     45 BC
Diameter:     21 mm
Weight:     10.55 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     [C G] I L
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Julius Caesar right
CM 1 Description:      LAE monogram in incuse square
CM 1 Reference:      Howgego -
Reverse Legend:     Q LVCRET[I]/L PONTI II [VIR] CO[L] DED PR
Reverse Description:     Pontiff driving yoke of oxen right, plowing pomerium.
Primary Reference:     RPC I 2269.6 (this coin)
Reference2:     FITA P. 246, (2) and pl. VIII, 6
Reference3:     SNG France 1262
Reference4:     SNG VA -; SNG Cop -; for c/m: Howgego -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=114893
Grade:     VF, green patina with some earthen overtones.
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 470 From the Patrick Villemur Collection. Ex Kunst und MÜnzen XXIII (4 February 1982), lot 289; R. Ball VIII (5 December 1932), lot 2027.As noted above (lot 468), this type is the second to bear the portrait of Julius Caesar.