CNG - BRUTUS, CAESAR's ASSASSIN. Denarius. VF
$151.00
Apr-05-00
Seller: cngcoins 

     Brutus. 43-42 BC. AR Denarius (3.37 gm). Military mint traveling
     with Brutus and Cassius in Western Asia Minor or Northern Greece.
     LEG COSTA, laureate head of Apollo right / BRVTVS IMP, trophy.
     Crawford 506/2; Sear 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4. VF, smoothed and
     cleaned. 719882

     The reverse type refers to Brutus' victories in Thrace and it is
     believed that these coins were struck from silver obtained from
     Polemocratia, the widow of the Thracian prince Sadala.
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