The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; P. Servilius Casca Longus, moneyer. Good VF.

Electronic Auction 571 – Session 1
Lot: 678.
Closing Date: Sep 25 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Republican, Silver

Estimate: $ 750

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The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.31 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; P. Servilius Casca Longus, moneyer. Laureate and bearded head of Neptune right; trident below / Victory advancing right on broken scepter, holding palm frond over left shoulder and broken diadem bound with fillet. Crawford 507/2; CRI 212; Sydenham 1298; RSC 3; RBW 1780. Porous, edge chip, cleaning marks and scrapes, smoothing. Good VF.

Ex Nomos Obolos 19 (8 May 2021), lot 790.

After his assassination of Julius Caesar, Brutus and Cassius occupied Rome, but had to flee when a funeral oration delivered by Caesar’s protege, Mark Antony, turned public opinion against them. Brutus and Cassius went their separate ways, but met again in early 42 BC in Smyrna, Ionia, where they began preparations for the inevitable conflict that would ensue between them and Mark Antony and Octavian, Caesar’s grandnephew. They began using their armies to conquer cities, for which this issue was undoubtedly struck. The title IMP on the reverse shows that Brutus still styled himself the savior of the Republic, as that was a title only the Senate can award, and the Victory breaking the royal symbols of diadem and scepter is a clear allusion to their anticipated victory over the forces of tyranny.

Closing Date and Time: 25 September 2024 at 13:45:40 ET.

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