Denarius - Brutus BRVT IMP L•PLAET•CEST / EID•MAR

Features

Issuer	Rome › Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Period	Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Type	Circulating commemorative coins
Year	42 BC
Value	Denarius (1)
Currency	Denarius of 16 Asses (141 – 27 BC)
Composition	Silver
Weight	3.72 g
Diameter	18 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 24529
References	RRC# 508/3 Michael Hewson Crawford; 1974. Roman Republican Coinage. Cambridge University Press, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , CRR# 1301 Edward Allen Sydenham, Leonard Forrer (ed.); 1952. The Coinage of the Roman Republic. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , RSC# 15 B.A. Seaby (publisher). Roman Silver Coins. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , RCV I# 1439 David R. Sear; 2000. Roman Coins and Their Values / Volume 1. The Republic and the Twelve Caesars 280 BC-AD 96. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , BMC RR# 68-70 Herbert Appold Grueber; 1910. Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (3 volumes). , Sear Imperators# 216 David R. Sear; 1998. The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 Bc. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Hunt# 119 Dietrich Von Bothmer (ed.), Jane M. Cody (ed.), Jiri Frel (ed.), Arthur Houghton (ed.), Catharine C. Lorber (ed.), Margaret Ellen Mayo (ed.); 1983. Wealth of the ancient world: The Nelson Bunker Hunt and William Herbert Hunt collections. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, United States. , Vagi# 95 David L. Vagi; 1999. Coinage and history of the Roman Empire. Amos Media, Sidney, Ohio, United States (2 volumes). , Kent & Hirmer# 98 John P. C. Kent, Bernhard H. Overbeck, Armin U. Stylow, Max Hirmer, Albert Hirmer; 1973. Die Römische Münze = The Roman Coin. Hirmer, Munich, Bavaria, Germany. , FFC# 10 José Fernández Molina, Manuel Fernández Carrera, Xavier Calicó; 2002. A Guide to the Denarii of the Roman Republic to Augustus.

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Commemorative issue

Assassination of Julius Caesar

Obverse

Bare head of Brutus right; above and before, inscription; behind, moneyer mark.
Border of dots.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BRVT IMP
L•PLAET•CEST

Unabridged legend: Brutus Imperator Lucius Plateorius Cestianus

Translation: Emperor Brutus / Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus

Reverse

Pileus between two daggers; below, inscription.
Border of dots.

Script: Latin

Lettering: EID•MAR

Unabridged legend: Eidibus Martiis

Translation: Ides of March

Comments

Babelon Junia 52 and Plaetoria 13; Kent-Hirmer pl. 27, 98; Kestner –; RBW –.

The Ides of March are a day of celebrations dedicated to the god Mars, corresponding to March 15th in the Roman calendar. This same day saw the assassination of Julius Caesar, eventually involving Brutus.

This coin is of particular interest as it combines on obverse the only known portrait of Brutus on a coin and on reverse an unabashed celebration of the assassination of Julius Caesar.

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Date	F	VF	XF
Undetermined
ND	$ 8500	$ 70 000		Fourrée Denarius
ND				Сontemporary imitation
ND (-42)	$ 79 000	$ 170 000	$ 440 000	Military mint, moving with Brutus

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Autumn Sale 2024 Lot 767	30 Sep 2024	ND – Fourrée Denarius	VF	USD 37 872.14 (CHF 30 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Stacks Bowers August 2018 ANA Auction Lot 20095	14 Aug 2018	ND – Fourrée Denarius	VF	USD 20 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Stacks Bowers
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXVII Lot 623	9 Jan 2024	ND – Fourrée Denarius	VF	USD 75 000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 83 Lot 498	20 May 2015	ND – Fourrée Denarius	VF	USD 66 276.25 (CHF 52 500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sternberg sale XV, 1985, 297
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Bertolami Fine Arts Auction 109 Lot 454	4 May 2022	ND – Fourrée Denarius	VF	USD 98 581.81 (EUR 85 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Bertolami Fine Arts
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Auction 123 Lot 522	23 May 2023	ND – Fourrée Denarius	F	USD 8500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 115 Lot 604	16 Sep 2020	ND – Fourrée Denarius	F	USD 5000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Dix and Webb 21 (27 March 1996), lot 43
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XIV Lot 552	21 Sep 2017	ND – Fourrée Denarius	F	USD 9392.43 (GBP 7000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	CNG Electronic Auction 355 Lot 465	15 Jul 2015	ND – Fourrée Denarius	F	USD 4500.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Roma Numismatics Auction XVI Lot 622	26 Sep 2018	ND – Сontemporary imitation	VF	USD 21 468.41 (GBP 16 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Roma Numismatics Limited