Sepullius Macer, the issuer of this historically important coin. Those four men (whose numbers had recently been increased from the traditional three) were moneyers responsible for supervising Rome’s coinage. The quattuorviri monetales produced them. Interestingly, Caesar was not directly responsible for his lifetime portrait coinage. Previously, he introduced propagandist masterpieces such as his elephant denarius and his Venus/Aeneas denarius, both featured in this NGC Ancients Custom Set. Given Caesar’s obvious political savvy, it is curious that he did not foresee his growing peril. It plausibly comprised the final straw that compelled anti-Caesarians to take matters into their own hands. Beyond breaking from numismatic tradition, these coins also proclaimed Caesar as dictator-for-life. Before that time, Rome’s coinage had never portrayed the face of a living Roman. The Coin That Killed Caesar is the dramatic epithet attached to denarii, such as this example, featuring a lifetime portrait of Julius Caesar. Newly Edited and Re-Posted Owners Comments posted on an ancient denarius struck by Julius Caesar when he reigned as Rome's Dictator for Life, part of the Roman Empire Custom NGC Ancients Set.

Denarius with portrait of julius caesar