Roman Dupondius Coin

Inv. No.: c052
Provenance: C. Clovius
Date: 45 B.C.
Weight: 12.79g
 
Obv.: Victory, hair tied with band.
CAESAR DIC.TER

Rev.: Minerva, helmeted, carrying trophy over shoulder, shield adorned with Gorgon head, from which issue rays; at her feet, serpent erect.
C. CLOVI PRAEF.

Clovius seems to have been one of the six praefecti urbi appointed by Julius Caesar in 46 B.C. to administer Rome during his absence in Spain, where he carried on the war with Cn. Pompeius the Younger and the remnants of the Pompeian party. The coin probably alludes to the triumph of Caesar after his return from Spain in 45 B.C.

Comparanda:
S 1025.