Watch List notes:

Brutus, † 42 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.74 g, 12 h), with L. Sestius, proquaestor, military mint moving with Brutus in southwestern Asia Minor, spring-early summer 42. L•SESTI•PRO•Q Veiled and draped bust of Libertas to right. Rev. Q•CAEPIO•BRVTVS•PRO•COS Tripod between sacrificial axe and simpulum. Babelon (Junia) 37 and (Sestia) 2. Crawford 502/2. CRI 201. RBW 1768. Sydenham 1290. Porous and with some deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From a collection formed in the Rhineland (with collector's ticket), ex Kölner Münzkabinett 45, 16-17 November 1987, 310.