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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |The Imperators| > |The Tyrannicides| > SH70514
Roman Republic, Marcus Junius Brutus and Q. Caepio, Spring - Summer 42 B.C.
|The| |Tyrannicides|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Marcus| |Junius| |Brutus| |and| |Q.| |Caepio,| |Spring| |-| |Summer| |42| |B.C.|, Brutus is best known for his leading role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. In October 42 B.C. the Republican army was defeated by the legions Antony and Octavian at Philippi. Cassius and Brutus committed suicide. Brutus' body was brought to Antonius' camp, where he cast his purple paludamentum over his dead body and ordered an honorable funeral for his erstwhile comrade. The Republican cause was crushed; Rome rested in the hands of the Second Triumvirate.
SH70514. Silver denarius, SRCV I 1432, Crawford 501/1, Sydenham 1287, RSC I 5, BMCRR East 38, aEF, off-center; military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia, spring - summer 42 B.C., weight 3.833g, maximum diameter 18.9mm, die axis 90o, obverse LEIBERTAS, bare head of Libertas right; reverse CAEPIO•BRVTVS•PRO•COS, lyre, plectrum on left, laurel-branch tied with a fillet on right; a budget example of an expensive type!; SOLD




  







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