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                                Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 1595. Closing Date: Sep 25, 
                                2002.  L. Servius Rufus. BID Estimate $750  

                              L. Servius Rufus. 41 BC. AR Denarius (3.61 gm). 
                              Bare head of Brutus right / The Dioscuri standing 
                              facing. Crawford 515/2; Sear, CRI 324; Sydenham 
                              1082; Sulpicia 10. Toned VF, uneven strike, 
                              porous. Very rare. ($750) 
                              From the Tony Hardy Collection.
                              This moneyer is only known from his coins. The 
                              obverse bust has traditionally been regarded as 
                              portraying Servius Sulpicius Rufus who was 
                              responsible for raising the siege of Tusculum in 
                              377 BC. But since the moneyer is a Servius, not a 
                              Sulpicius, this identification is probably 
                              inaccurate. The portrait does bear a remarkable 
                              resemblance to Brutus and it seems perhaps likely 
                              that the coin was struck as an expression of 
                              political sympathy toward Brutus' cause.





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Lot sold for  $850, plus buyers fees.

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