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Venus is the Roman goddess who represented love, beauty, desire, sexuality, fertility, prosperity and victory. In Roman mythology, she was the ancestor of the people of Roman through her son, Aeneas, who appears on the reverse of this coin. Thus, her representation upon this coin's obverse was carefully orchestrated by Julius Caesar, who claimed her as his ancestor. Venus was essential to many religious festivals and greatly honored in Roman religion. The reverse of this issue presents a scene from Virgil's Aeneid. Aeneas, the son of Venus, is shown carrying his lame father, Anchises, from the ruined city of Troy to find a new home towards the west. Virgil's work tells us that Aeneas and his followers eventually settled in Italy, and their descendants, Romulus and Remus, were important figures in the founding of Rome. Thus, by minting this coin, Caesar emphasized his relation to the mythic founders of Rome, thereby demonstrating his divine right to rule Rome.
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