Caesar Coin Pack - Aureus

Product Description: This reproduction Aureus coin of Julius Caesar is moulded directly from an original coin and is made from pewter that is 22ct gold plated. The wallet type packaging has a hole on the front in which the coin is held in a clear blister. The coin pack has images of Julius Caesar and the two coins in the collection and has historical information about the coins and about Julius Caesars life.

Information: The Aureus coin celebrates Caesar's success in the Gallic Wars. The obverse depicts a laureate female head and the reverse a trophy of Gallic arms.

Gaius Julius Caesar July 12 or July 13, c.100 BC – March 15, 44 BC, was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men in world history. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

Caesar was a military genius and his conquest of Gaul extended the Roman world all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. He made two military expeditions to Britain but withdraw each time. In 55 BC he landed with two legions in Kent but quickly returned to Gaul (France). In 54 BC he again landed, this time with five legions and 2000 cavalry, and succeeded in crossing the Thames before withdrawing.

Unhappy with Caesar’s reforms Marcus Junius Brutus conspired with others to murder the dictator and restore the Republic. The assassination occurred on March 15th in 44 BC and led to another civil war.

In July 44 BC, the month of Caesar’s birth, a comet appeared over a stadium where games were being held in his honour. The comet came to be regarded as a sign of Julius Caesar’s deification.