Celtic and Ancient Coins

Augustus (27 BC-AD 14), Denarius, Cæsaraugusta, c. 19-18 BC, bust right, wearing oak wreath, rev. DIVVS IVLIVS either side of eight-rayed comet with tail upwards, 3.67g/6h (CBN 1292; RIC 37a; RSC 98). Good very fine, toned £700-900

A comet, sometimes called the sidus Iulium, was observed in the sky at the time of the public funerary games which followed the assassination of Cæsar. This was taken to represent the soul of the dictator passing on its way to join the immortals