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Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus, Assassin of Caesar, as Imperator (44-42 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.46 gm, 12h). ANACS VF 30, tooled, bankers marks. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece, late summer-autumn 42 BC, L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. L•PLAET•CEST, laureate, veiled, and draped female bust (Ceres?) right, seen from front, wearing polos (cylindrical hat) / BRVT•IMP, securis and culullis. Crawford 508/2. Sydenham 1300. Junia 51 and Plaetoria 12. A handsome example of this mysterious issue, struck on a broad flan from refined style dies style and pleasantly toned. Far more rare than its popular sibling, the Eid Mar denarius, and only the third example we have had the pleasure of offering in the past 20 years. The last Republican denarius issue minted before the Roman world entered the Imperatorial Period.
From the Dean Kinzer Collection. Ex Áureo, Auction 92 (21 May 1998), lot. 230
The identity of the veiled female bust on the obverse is uncertain. She may be Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture (suggested by her round hat, which resembles a modius or grain basket); Crawford suggested Diana, without explaining the lack of attributes normally ascribed to this goddess. Another possibility is Libertas, who appears veiled (but without hat) on other coins of Brutus.
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Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus, Assassin of Caesar, as Imperator (44-42 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.46 gm, 12h). ANACS VF 30, tooled, bankers marks. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece, late summer-autumn 42 BC, L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. L•PLAET•CEST, laureate, veiled, and draped female bust (Ceres?) right, seen from front, wearing polos (cylindrical hat) / BRVT•IMP, securis and culullis. Crawford 508/2. Sydenham 1300. Junia 51 and Plaetoria 12. A handsome example of this mysterious issue, struck on a broad flan from refined style dies style and pleasantly toned. Far more rare than its popular sibling, the Eid Mar denarius, and only the third example we have had the pleasure of offering in the past 20 years. The last Republican denarius issue minted before the Roman world entered the Imperatorial Period.
From the Dean Kinzer Collection. Ex Áureo, Auction 92 (21 May 1998), lot. 230
The identity of the veiled female bust on the obverse is uncertain. She may be Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture (suggested by her round hat, which resembles a modius or grain basket); Crawford suggested Diana, without explaining the lack of attributes normally ascribed to this goddess. Another possibility is Libertas, who appears veiled (but without hat) on other coins of Brutus.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-q-servilius-caepio-m-junius-brutus-assassin-of-caesar-as-imperator-44-42-bc-ar-denarius-19mm-346/a/3106-33214.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3106-01172023
HID02906262019
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