The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; Pedanius Costa, legate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Trophy composed of cuirass, crested helmet, oval shield with incurved sides, and two crossed spears. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4; RBW 1778. Iridescent toning, deposits on reverse, test cut on edge. VF.
From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 873023 (June 2010); Collection of Professor L. Fontana (Rauch 86, 12 May 2010), lot 1527 (part of).