DR-792 | Crawford: 501/1
Marcus Iunius Brutus
Marcus Iunius Brutus

Gens: Junia
Moneyer: Marcus Iunius Brutus
Date and mint: 43 BC/42 BC - ?


Obverse: Bust of Libertas, right. Dotted border.
Legend: LEIBERTAS

Reverse: Plectrum, lyre and laurel branch tied with fillet. Dotted border.
Legend: CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO COS

Comment: This coinage of Brutus is one of the first Greek ones, prior to those with the title of Imperator. It is assumed, from the lira on the reverse, that this coin was minted in Apollonia. Brutus, after assassinating Caesar, headed to Greece, Julius Caesar himself granted him the government of said province before being assassinated. The senate, after Caesar's death, gave the province to Mark Antony, who gave it to his brother Gaius Antony, who was murdered by Brutus.

Provenance: Roma Numismatics (2018)
Price: 2,747 €