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| Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) > Auction 159 | Auction date: 7 December 2025 |
| Lot number: 554 Price realized: 1,400 EUR (Approx. 1,631 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: M. JUNIUS BRUTUS. Denarius (43-42 BC). Military mint traveling with Brutus. Pedanius Costa, legate. Obv: LEG COSTA. Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev: IMP BRVTVS. Trophy with figure-of-eight shield and two spears. Crawford 506/2; RBW 1778. Marcus Junius Brutus was one of Caesar's assassins. His uncle Cato the Younger was responsible for his political education, raising him as a supporter of the democracy. He sided with Pompey against Caesar but, after the defeat at Pharsalus (48 BC), he obtained his pardon and the office of propraetor in Cisalpine Gaul (47-45 BC). However, he was drawn into the conspiracy against Caesar and became one of its leaders, participating in the stabbing on the Ides of March (44 BC). He was then forced to flee Rome and take refuge in the East, when this denarius was minted, and where he prepared a strong army which, united with that of Crassus, clashed with the forces of the triumvirs at Philippi (42 BC). The battle was lost and Brutus was killed. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 3.84 g. Diameter: 18 mm. Estimate: 1000 EUR |  |
