This denarius issued by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE portrays Aeneas, Caesar’s putative ancestor, fleeing Troy with his father Anchises on his shoulders and the Palladium, a tutelary cult statue, in his right hand.
This denarius issued by Julius Caesar in 46 BCE portrays Aeneas, Caesar’s putative ancestor, fleeing Troy with his father Anchises on his shoulders and the Palladium, a tutelary cult statue, in his right hand.