Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1180. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $530. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Junius Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.86 gm). Bust of Liberty right / The consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; Junia 31a. Lightly toned, good VF, light obverse scratch. ($300)

The reverse type of this coin recalls the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome, by L. Junius Brutus, the moneyer's ancestor, who in 509 BC was elected the first consul of the newly formed Republic.