437/1b. Coelia (53 BC)

AR Denarius (Rome, 53 BC)

O/ Head of C. Coelius Caldus, Cos. 94, right; C COEL CALDVS downwards before; COS below; tablet inscribed L D behind.

R/ Head of Sol right; oval shield decorated with thunderbolt behind; Macedonian shield before; CALDVS Ill VIR downwards before.

3.88g; 18mm

Crawford 437/1b (33 obverse dies/37 reverse dies).

- CGB, Live auction Juin 2024 (04/06/2024), lot 78.

Gaius Coelius Caldus: 

The date of the issue was initially dated from 51 by Crawford, but it was revised to 53 by Hersh and Walker after the discovery of the Mesagne Hoard.*

* Charles Hersh and Alan Walker, "The Mesagne Hoard", Museum Notes (American Numismatic Society), Vol. 29 (1984), pp. 103–134.