Lot 2087

Description

D. Junius Brutus Albinus (45 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.574 grams), obv. Pietas head right, rev. clasped hands, (S.427, Cr.450/2, Syd.942); C. Vibius Varus, (42 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.336 grams), obv. Bacchus head right, rev. panther springing to left towards garlanded altar, (S.496, Cr.494/36, Syd. 1138); Mark Antony, (32-31 B.C.), silver denarius, (3.344 grams), obv. praetorian galley to right, rev. legionary eagle between two standards, LEG II, (cf.S.1479, Cr.544/14, Syd.1216). Mostly cleaned, good - nearly fine. (3)

The first coin of Brutus was to be one of the assassins of Caesar on the Ides of March 44 B.C.