141, Lot: 172. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Junius Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.76 g). Bust of Libertas right / The consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; Junia 31a. Fine, banker’s mark.

The reverse type of this coin recalls the expulsion of the 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.