Ancient Roman Imperatorial - 42 BCE Julius Caesar AR Denarius NGC XF - L. Livineius Regulus moneyer

Why is the figure of a bull upon this coin? It was on February 15 of the year 44 BC, at the festival of Lupercalia, that Julius Caesar sought the prophesy of a soothsayer called Spurinna. The great Caesar sacrificed a bull, discovering that it had no heart, after which the soothsayer expressed his concern for the dictator's life. The very next day, there was a second sacrifice, but this bull had a deformed liver. Spurinna felt that this was a omen of doom, warning Caesar that his life would be in danger for 30 days. That was to be March 15, the Ides of March. Nothing happened until the morning of March 15 when Caesar's wife Calpurnia told him a dream in which she held his bloodied corpse. Caesar also had a dream wherein he was flying in the air, holding hands with Jupiter. The dictator was planning to attend a meeting. However, when Spurinna conducted yet another sacrifice that foretold doom, Caesar agreed to delay his meeting. But Decimus arrived, persuading the dictator to announce the postponement of the meeting in person. A slave had come to Caesar's  home with a warning, but he had already left. Handed a scroll detailing a plot against him, Caesar did not read it. Mark Antony had been warned of a plot, but when he tried to reach Caesar to warn him he was delayed. Arriving at the meeting in the Curia behind the Temple of Pompey, Caesar entered the room and sat upon his golden throne. Shortly thereafter, the dictator was attacked, stabbed 23 times and he succumbed to his injuries.