Medal of Forgery of Julius Caesar | Yale University Art Gallery

1500–1570

Medium: Bronze Forgery
Dimensions: 25.7 g, 6:00, 34.7 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Henry Champion, B.A. 1860, M.A., LL.B. 1863
Accession Number: 2001.87.29995
Geography: Made in Padua, Italy
Culture: Roman
Period: 16th century
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: C.CAESAR DICTATOR, laureate head l., lituus behind.

Reverse Description: VENI VIDI VICI, legend in three lines within laurel wreath.

Provenance

Henry Champion, to about 1867; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., from about 1867 to 2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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