1. Artemide Aste
  2. Artemide LVIII (5-6 November 2022)
  3. The Roman Republic
Tremendous Prophetic Issue
Lotto 381:
M. Junius Brutus. AR Denarius, 54 BC. Obv. BRVTVS Head of L. Junius Brutus the Ancient right. Rev. AHALA. Head of C. Servilius Ahala right. Cr. 433/2; B. 30. AR. 4.05 g. 19.50 mm. Scarce. Sound metal and full weight. An outstanding example, sharply struck and perfectly centred on a broad flan, brilliant and superb. Masterly engraved portraits, of wonderful style. Exceptional. Good EF. Denarius struck in 54 BC by Caepio Brutus, better known as M. Junius Brutus, one of the leaders in the conspiracy that assassinated Julius Caesar in 44 BC. The types are records of his ancestry. Lucius Junius Brutus was a semilegendary figure, held to have ousted the despotic Etruscan king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus from Rome in 509 BC and then to have founded the Roman Republic. Gaius Servilius Ahala was celebrated in Roman tradition as a hero who freed his country from the threat of tyranny by killing Sp. Maelius in 439 BC.
Base d'asta € 1000
Prezzo attuale € 4200
Offerte: 25
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