| Nomos AG > obolos 30 | Auction date: 17 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 634 Price realized: 1,600 CHF (Approx. 1,847 USD / 1,680 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Brutus, early 42 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20.5 mm, 3.84 g, 6 h), military mint travelling with Brutus, probably at Smyrna; struck under the legate P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther. BRVTVS Axe, simpulum and knife. Rev. LENTVLVS / SPINT Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/7. CRI 198. RBW 1766. Sydenham 1310. Slight die shift, otherwise, very fine. Ex Obolos 17, 20 December 2020, 619. This coin of Marcus Junius Brutus, leader of Caesar's assassins, depicts the tools of the Pontificate on the obverse, including the securis victima (sacrificial axe), simpulum (dipper for libations), and secespita (sacrificial knife). The reverse depicts tools of the Augurate: The capis (ritual bowl for entrails) and the lituus (augur's wand, used to divide the sky into quadrants for studying the flight of birds). Starting price: 500 CHF |  |
