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Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AR Denarius. Rome, 54 BC. Bust of Libertas right; LIBERTAS downward behind / Consul L. Junius Brutus, between two lictors, preceded by accensus, all walking left; BRVTVS in exergue. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; BMCRR Rome 3862; RSC Junia 31. 3.88g, 22mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine; attractive, deep old cabinet tone. Centrally struck on a very large flan. A superb example of the type.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included.
This piece was struck by Brutus when he held the post of moneyer, ten years before the infamous assassination of Julius Caesar. The type, while illustrating his strong republican views, is also a record of his ancestry. It recalls the legendary expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome in 509 BC by L. Junius Brutus, who was consul in that year. At this time Brutus was known as Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, on account of his having been adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. He later reverted to his birth name, though following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was also descended.
Extremely Fine; attractive, deep old cabinet tone. Centrally struck on a very large flan. A superb example of the type.
Ex Michael Kelly Collection of Roman Silver Coins; collector's ticket included.
This piece was struck by Brutus when he held the post of moneyer, ten years before the infamous assassination of Julius Caesar. The type, while illustrating his strong republican views, is also a record of his ancestry. It recalls the legendary expulsion of the Tarquins from Rome in 509 BC by L. Junius Brutus, who was consul in that year. At this time Brutus was known as Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, on account of his having been adopted by his uncle, Quintus Servilius Caepio. He later reverted to his birth name, though following Caesar's assassination in 44 BC, Brutus revived his adoptive name in order to illustrate his links to another famous tyrannicide, Gaius Servilius Ahala, from whom he was also descended.