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Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus, as Imperator, assassin of Caesar (44-42 BC), with C. Flavius Hemicullus, as Legate Pro Praetore. AR denarius (20mm, 3.97 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia, early summer 42 BC. C•FLAV•HEMIC•LEG•PRO•PR•, draped bust of Apollo right, seen from front; lyre to right / IMP•-Q•CAEP•-BRVT•, Victory on right standing facing, head left, palm in left hand over shoulder, wreath in right crowning trophy at left, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield with incurved sides, and two swords. Crawford 504/1. Sydenham 1294. Junia 49 and Flavia 1. Solidly struck and nicely centered on deeply toned surfaces with incredible gun-metal toning. A superb example of this rare issue.
Marcus Junius Brutus was a blue-blooded Roman who had attained a fortune by lending money at exorbitant interest rates when he was suborned into the conspiracy against his former benefactor, Julius Caesar. As his distant ancestor had entered history as a great tyrannicide, Brutus soon became the de-facto leader and spokesmen for the assassins. After the Ides of March, Brutus induced a cowed senate to give him a governorship in northern Greece and promptly departed to raise money and arms for the brewing civil war against Caesar's adherents. He cut a brutal swath through Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor, looting city treasuries and enforcing horrendous taxes at the point of a sword. He turned his ill-gotten gains into silver denarii to pay his growing army and navy, including this type. Brutus and his companions were soon maneuvered into battle against the Caesarians at Philippi in Greece, where Marc Antony proved to be much the better general. Brutus took his own life with the very dagger he had plunged into Caesar, earning this unattractive character the reputation as a martyr for the cause of liberty.
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Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus, as Imperator, assassin of Caesar (44-42 BC), with C. Flavius Hemicullus, as Legate Pro Praetore. AR denarius (20mm, 3.97 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 3/5. Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia, early summer 42 BC. C•FLAV•HEMIC•LEG•PRO•PR•, draped bust of Apollo right, seen from front; lyre to right / IMP•-Q•CAEP•-BRVT•, Victory on right standing facing, head left, palm in left hand over shoulder, wreath in right crowning trophy at left, composed of helmet, cuirass, shield with incurved sides, and two swords. Crawford 504/1. Sydenham 1294. Junia 49 and Flavia 1. Solidly struck and nicely centered on deeply toned surfaces with incredible gun-metal toning. A superb example of this rare issue.
Marcus Junius Brutus was a blue-blooded Roman who had attained a fortune by lending money at exorbitant interest rates when he was suborned into the conspiracy against his former benefactor, Julius Caesar. As his distant ancestor had entered history as a great tyrannicide, Brutus soon became the de-facto leader and spokesmen for the assassins. After the Ides of March, Brutus induced a cowed senate to give him a governorship in northern Greece and promptly departed to raise money and arms for the brewing civil war against Caesar's adherents. He cut a brutal swath through Greece, Thrace and Asia Minor, looting city treasuries and enforcing horrendous taxes at the point of a sword. He turned his ill-gotten gains into silver denarii to pay his growing army and navy, including this type. Brutus and his companions were soon maneuvered into battle against the Caesarians at Philippi in Greece, where Marc Antony proved to be much the better general. Brutus took his own life with the very dagger he had plunged into Caesar, earning this unattractive character the reputation as a martyr for the cause of liberty.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 8000-10000 USD