Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Lot 3744 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Estimate $500
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SOLD $800
Q. SERVILIUS CAEPIO (M. Junius Brutus), (54 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.95 g), obv. bare head of L. Junius Brutus to right, BRVTV[S] behind, rev. bare head of C. Servilius Ahala to right, AHAL[A] behind, (S.398, Cr.433/2, Syd 907, RSC Junia 30). Lightly toned, struck slightly off centre on reverse, otherwise good very fine with superb portraits, scarce.
Ex D.J.Foster Collection and previously from Spink Noble Sale 44 (lot 2569).
The young moneyer Brutus issued this coin in commemoration of his illustrious family. C. Servilius Ahala murdered Spurius Maelius in 439 B.C. alleging that he was an enemy of the state. Brutus would go on to be the most famous assassin of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.
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