Marcus Junius Brutus, Assassin of Caesar and Imperator (44-42 BC), with Pedanius Costa as Legate. AV aureus (19mm, 8.00 gm, 11h). NGC Choice Fine S 5/5 - 4/5. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece, late summer-autumn 42 BC. L•BRVTVS•PRIM•COS, bare head of Lucius Junius Brutus right, all within corona civica / M•BRVTVS IMP COSTA LEG, bare head of Marcus Junius Brutus right, all within corona civica. Crawford 506/1. Sydenham 1295. Junia 43, Pedania 2 and Servilia 30. Calicó 60 = Biaggi 41 (same dies). Bahrfeldt 64.6 = Cohen 16 = RBW 1777 (this coin). Extremely rare - less than ten pieces known. From the Monaco Collection. Ex Peter J Merani Collection (Triton XXIV, 19 January 2021), lot 54; Property of an European Nobleman (Numismatica Ars Classica 24, 5 December 2002), lot 6; RBW Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 844; Münzen und Medaillen, AG 77 (18 September 1992), lot 141; duplicate from the Bibliothèque Nationale, purchased in 1844 from the Paris dealers Charles-Louis Rollin (1777-1853) and his son Claude-Camille Rollin (1813-1883) This incredible issue displays the famous Brutus, assassin of Caesar, with his ancestor, Lucius Junius Brutus, the first Consul of the Republic. The portraits are enclosed by the corona civica - an honored bestowed for displaying patriotism by saving lives of their comrades in battle, or by rescuing the Republic itself from peril. Pedanius Costa was a lieutenant of Brutus in Asia, during the Civil War.

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