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M. Junius Brutus. AR Denarius, 54 BC. Obv. LIBERTAS. Head of Libertas right. Rev. The consul L. Junius Brutus the Ancient walking left, between two lictors preceded by an accensus; in exergue, BRVTVS. Cr. 433/2; B. 30. AR. 3.80 g. 19.00 mm. Scarce. Sound metal. Superb portraits. Brilliant and lightly toned. Almost as struck. About FDC. ���
Denarius struck in 54 BC by Caepio Brutus, better known as M. Junius Brutus, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The types are records of his ancestry. Lucius Junius Brutus was a semilegendary figure, held to have ousted the despotic Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus from Rome in 509 BC and then to have founded the Roman Republic. Gaius Servilius Ahala was celebrated in Roman tradition as a hero who freed his country from the threat of tyranny by killing Sp. *Maelius in 439 BC.
Denarius struck in 54 BC by Caepio Brutus, better known as M. Junius Brutus, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The types are records of his ancestry. Lucius Junius Brutus was a semilegendary figure, held to have ousted the despotic Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus from Rome in 509 BC and then to have founded the Roman Republic. Gaius Servilius Ahala was celebrated in Roman tradition as a hero who freed his country from the threat of tyranny by killing Sp. *Maelius in 439 BC.