Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 5271 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $600
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SOLD $1,500
BRUTUS, (Quintus Caepio Brutus), (43-42 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Brutus, (3.71 grams), obv. bare head of Liberty to right, LEIBERTAS before, rev. plectrum, lyre and branch, CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO COS around, (S.379 [£325], Cr.501/1, Syd.1287, C. Brutus 5). Bright, slightly off centred, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Mail bid Auction Sale 79, 17 September, 2008 (lot 1026), with their ticket. Minted in the spring to early summer of 42 BC by a military mint travelling with Brutus in Lycia.
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