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 - 3,89 g - 16,5 mm - 6 h NGC Ch XF 5/5 4/5 edge scuff (8585319-002). Slightly off-centre. Small notch at 9 o'clock on the right-hand scroll. With a nice patina. Very nice. 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, would go on to found Rome. On this denarius, Caesar highlights the origins of the gens Julia with the mythical founders of Rome