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Auction: 323 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 68

Roman Imperatorial. Brutus. Denarius, late summer-autumn 42 BC. Military mint travelling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. 3.36 gms. L. PLAET.CEST, veiled and draped female head right wearing polos atop her head, rev. BRVT.IMP below, Sacrificial ax and simpulum. Crawford 508/2, Syd.1300, RSC 2. The last issue struck in the name of Brutus before the Battle of Philippi. Banker's mark right obverse field. Fine.

Estimate
$600 to $700