The inscription now missing from the reverse indicated that this was minted under the moneyer Marcus Mettius, one of the Roman magistrates in charge of minting coins in 44 BCE. On the reverse (the 'tails' side) is an image of the goddess Juno Sospiter (Juno the Saviour), riding in a biga (a two-horsed chariot), holding a shield and spear and wearing her typical goat-horned headress. This time the appointment was for Caesar's lifetime, unlike the usual Roman Republican title of Dictator which was a temporary office granted only for the length of a time of crisis. The inscription on this side, which once read CAESAR DICT(ator) QUART(tor), commemorates the fourth time that the Roman Senate granted Caesar the title of Dictator in 44 BCE. Denarius with Portrait of Julius Caesar, 44BCE Relief portrait on. Behind Caesar is the crook-like lituus, curved to the left, which signifies one of Caesar's official positions as Augur, an important Roman religious official who observed the flight of birds in order to predict the future. The Republic 509-27 BCE Early Roman Government: kings + Senate (citizen leaders). He was the first living Roman to be granted the right to place his portrait on coins by the Senate - earlier Roman Republican coins could only feature the portraits of gods or dead heroes. Roman silver denarius dating back to 44 BCE, which depicts Julius Caesar. The obverse ('heads' side) shows a portrait of Julius Caesar wearing a wreath. The coin is one of the first to show a portrait of a living person.
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