IMPERATORY BREAKDOWN. C. Julius Caesar (died 44 B.C. ==References== AR-Denar, 48 B.C. Chr., Mint of Asia Minor; 3,93 g. Venuskopf r.//Aeneas l. carries his father Anchises and the Palladium (from the burning Troy). Bab. 10; BMC 31; Crawf. 458/1; Sear 55; Syd. 1013. Fine tint, wink. Scratches, very beautiful-excellent Exemplary of the Walter Louwet Collection. Exemplary of the auction Giessener Münzhandlung 181, Munich 2009, No. 1978. For dating and mint see Woytek, B., Arma et Nummi, Vienna 2003, p. 218 et seq. In his propaganda Caesar repeatedly pointed out his descent from the mythical ancestors depicted on this coin. Ascanius-Iulus, the son of Aeneas, is considered the progenitor of the Julier. Aeneas, in turn, descended from Venus. Here, the founding statement of Rome, symbolized by the Palladium, connects with the origin of the gens Iulia.