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ID:     73000708
Type:     Roman Provincial
Region:     BITHYNIA
City:     Nicaea
Issuer:     Julius Caesar
Date Ruled:     Dated CY 236 (47/6 BC) BC
Metal:     Bronze
Denomination:     AE 25
Diameter:     24 mm
Weight:     8.38 g
Die Axis:     11 h
Obverse Legend:     ΝΙΚΑΙΕΩΝ
Obverse Description:     Bare head of Caesar right
Reverse Legend:     ΕΡΙ ΓΑΙΟY ΟΥΒΙΟΥ ΠΑΝΣΑ, ϚΛΣ
Reverse Description:     Nike advancing right, holding palm and wreath; monograms to left and right; date in exergue
Primary Reference:     RPC I 2026
Reference2:     Rec Gen 11
Reference3:     BMC 8-9
Reference4:     SNG Cop -
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=91192
Grade:     VF, green and brown patina
Notes:     Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 708 Rare. From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.This coin was the first anywhere to feature the portrait of Julius Caesar. C. Vibius Pansa was part of the Caesarian faction at Rome, and probably owed his proconsulship to his patron. The only other definite lifetime portrait of Caesar from the provincial series was an issue of circa 45 BC at Lampsacus (RPC I 2268-2269). Both of these issues preceded the earliest appearance of his portrait at Rome, on the denarii of M. Mettius in January, 44 BC.