ORC1001p -- Decimus Junius Brutus, denarius
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Mar-11-03
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ORC1001p -- Decimus Junius Brutus, denarius

Decimus Junius Brutus, AR Denarius. Head of Pietas, personifying piety and
dutifulness, to right, PIETAS behind. / Two joined hands holding a
caduceus, ALBINVS BRVTI F below. The moneyer, Decimus Junius Brutus, used
both his adoptive family name (Albinus) on his coinage, while proclaiming
his lineage (Bruti filius). He served Caesar in Gaul, and in 49 B.C., the
year prior to the issue of this coin, commanded Caesar's fleet at Massilia.
HCRI 26; Crawford 450/2; Sydenham 942, RCV 427, (3.8 gm.).