BRUTUS SILVER DENARIUS – SAVIORS OF THE REPUBLIC ANCESTORS ISSUE – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED ROMAN IMPERATORIAL COIN (Inv. 19109)

$1,650.00

19109. ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. M. JUNIUS BRUTUS, d. 42 BC.
Silver denarius, 3.81 g, 18 mm. Issue of Rome struck by Brutus while he served as moneyer, 54 BC.
Obv. BRVTVS, head of L. Junius Brutus right, within dotted circle. Rev. AHALA, head of C. Servilius Ahala right.
Crawford 433/2; Sydenham 907.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “edge cut.”

A historical coin on so many levels, this is part of an emission struck by the infamous Brutus, Caesar’s assassin, a decade earlier when he served as moneyer. The portraits on the coin make reference to his family’s proud history of service to the Republic as they illustrate L. Junius Brutus and C. Servilius Ahala. L. Junius Brutus was the man who banished the Tarquin kings and established the Republic while Ahala, a descendant on his mother’s side, was responsible for killing another politician who aspired to kingship. The coin, with its overwhelming pro–Republican sentiment, anticipates M. Junius Brutus’ role in the murder of Caesar.