Nice coin Benito. It's very interesting how this foreshadows Brutus' participation in the assassination of
Caesar 10 years later.
I've always felt that this coin points to evidence of
Brutus being more of an idealist than sometimes
history gives him credit. So often he is discounted as a lowlife greedy loanshark and aristocrat who is lucky be to be alive only due to Caesar's clemency; that
his hand in killing
Caesar was more to protect
his status as a 1%'er. I think it is reasonable to assume that he was concerned with keeping
his wealth, after all who wouldn't be, but I also think he felt he bore a personal responsibility to fight tyranny...or at least live up to the claims on
his coins!
