The reference used for this coin is The Coinage of the Roman Republic by Sydenham, number 1016.

The bust on the obverse is that of Venus Genetrix, to whom Caesar in 46 B. C. had dedicated a temple in the Forum Julium. The reverse refers to his victories and the Gaul may be Vercingetorix.

Caius Julius Caesar, the great dictator, was born in 100 B. C. As a young man he was opposed to the powerful dictator Sulla. Marius made him a priest in 87 B. C. By 64 B. C. he had been elected chief priest (Pontifex Maximus). He soon became a prominent figure amongst the aristocracy of Rome and in 59 B. C. he was elected consul after having formed the First Triumvirate with Pompey and Crassus. He was given the rule of Illyricum, Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul. He departed for the provinces in 58 B. C. to remain for 9 years, during which time he soundly defeated the Gauls and briefly made his two expeditions to Britain (55 and 54 B. C.). He defeated Pompey at Pharsalus in 48 B. C. and spent the next two years defeating the remnants of the Pompeian party. By 46 B. C., Caesar had defeated Pompey’s allies and returned to Rome as undisputed master of the Roman world. Two years later he was dead at the hand of Brutus and others on the Ides (15th) of March 44 B. C. His assassination is the most famous in history.