Pre-Long Beach Auction #80

Julius Caesar. Silver Denarius (3.97 g), 44 BC. Rome. C. Cossutius Maridianus, moneyer. CAESAR before, PARENS PATRIAE behind, wreathed and veiled head of Julius Caesar right; behind, apex; below chin, lituus. Reverse C COSSVTIVS MARID-IANVS arranged in the form of a cross with A-A-A-F F in the four angles. Crawford 480/19; HCRI 112 = Sear 1422 (this coin illus.); Sydenham 1069; RSC 8. Well centered on a broad flan with underyling luster, lightly toned. Superb Extremely Fine. A rare and exceptional denarius.

The abbreviation A A A F F (quattuorvir aere argento auro flando feriundo) that appears on the reverse of this coin is the first occurrence of the complete title of the moneyer on a coin.
Estimated Value $25,000 - 30,000.
Ex Goldberg 65 (6 September 2011), 4123; NFA Auction XXVII (4 December 1991), 626.