Lot 2511

Description

Brutus, (Quintus Caepio Brutus), (43-42 B.C.), silver denarius, mint moving with Brutus in Greece, (3.41 grams), obv. veiled and draped head of Liberty to right, [L. SE]STI PRO Q around, rev. tripod between axe and simpulum, Q. CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO CO[S] around, (S.381 [£400], Cr.502/2, Syd.1290, C. Brutus 11 [£180]). Fine/ nearly fine and rare.

Ex Baldwin's London, November 20, 1980. Crawford has determined that less than 30 obverse dies were used for this type.