The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.62 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. Laureate, veiled, and draped female bust right, wearing polos / Sacrificial axe and simpulum. Crawford 508/2; CRI 214; Sydenham 1300; RSC 2; RBW 1781. Iridescent toning, die shift, a little off center on obverse, slightly weak strike on reverse. VF. Rare.
Ex Roma XVIII (29 September 2019), lot 988; Nomisma Spa 59 (14 May 2019), lot 128.
The final issue struck in the name of Brutus prior to the battle of Philippi.