ROMAN REPUBLIC - RÉPUBLIQUE ROMAINE Julius Caesar (60-44 BC). Denarius ND (47-46 BC), North Africa. Av. Diademed head of Venus right. Rv. CAESAR. Aeneas advancing left, holding palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder. RRC.458/1; Silver - 3.86 g - 18 mm - 6 h NGC: coming soon. In high relief, the right side is slightly off-centre and the reverse is preserved and slightly concave. With its shine under a delicate patina. Superb at Fleur de coin. According to Virgil, the Aeneid, Aeneas fled the city of Troy carrying his lame father Anchises. They arrived in Italy, where their descendants, Romulus and Remus, were to found Rome. On this denarius, Caesar highlights the origins of the gens Julia with the mythical founders of Rome