DIVUS JULIUS CAESAR. 40 BC. AR Denarius (17mm). Rome mint. Q. Voconius
Vitulus,  quaestor.

Obverse: Laureate head of Caesar right /

Reverse:  Bull-calf advancing left; on either side,
Q. VOCONIVS// VITVLVS. Q./ DESIG./ S|C.

Crawford 526/04; CRI 331; Sydenham 1133; RSC 45.

It is a plated coin [ancient counterfeit] with a partially damaged core 
(empty).  Nethertheless it is of interest. In particular, the legend is
with DESIG. rather than with DESIG.


Contributed by Yuri Kabanov, June, 2005.