Known as an aureus, a type of gold currency used in ancient Rome ... as he tried to seize power after the assassination of Julius Caesar,” Frank Baldacci, head of the auction house, told ...

Julius Caesar’s assassin, sold at auction for a little over $2 million. It is one of just 17 known coins of this type. It was a piece of gold currency used in Rome the last century BCE – and ...

UB Libraries and faculty to restore and study Greek and Roman coins from the eras of Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and more ... it wasn’t until Kiernan examined them out of curiosity that the ...

A superb general and politician, Julius Caesar (c.100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history. Although he did not rule for long, he gave Rome fresh hope and a ...