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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #28
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                 Lot Number: 62501
                 Estimate: $300.00
                 Final Sale Price: $390.50
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                 Denomination: Denarius
                 Grade: VF nice
                 Reference: Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906; Junia 32




  M. Junius Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.82 gm). Bust of Liberty right, LIBERTAS left
  / BRVTVS in exergue, the consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors
  preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906; Junia 32. Nice VF, partial
  flat strike. Estimate $300.



  This coin was struck by one of the more infamous assassins of Caesar, Brutus, while
  serving as a moneyer. The reverse type refers to his celebrated ancestor, L. Junius
  Brutus, the first consul and founder of the Republic who expelled the Tarquins from
  Rome while he held the consulship in 509 BC.


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