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coin
Object Type
coin
Museum number
1855,0512.40
Denomination
denarius
Description
Silver coin.
(whole)
Head of Brutus right, bearded; around, inscription; around, inscription. Border of dots.
(obverse)
Pileus between two daggers; below, inscription. Border of dots.
(reverse)
State
Associated with:
Roman Republic
Ancient Greece and Rome: Roman Republic
Authority
Moneyer:
Marcus Junius Brutus
Moneyer:
L Plaetorius Cestianus
Cultures/periods
Roman Republican
Production date
43BC-42BC
Materials
silver
Dimensions
Diameter:
18 millimetres
Weight:
3.69 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Mint uncertain, moving with Brutus.
Bibliographic references
RRC / Roman Republican Coinage
(508/3)
(type)
RR1 / Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum: vol. 1 aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268.
(69, p.480)
Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974)
(508.3.2)
Location
On display
(G68/dc2/p4)
Subjects
politician/statesman
arms/armour
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Marcus Junius Brutus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Clifton Wintringham Loscombe
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
Purchased through:
Harry Osborn Cureton
Acquisition date
1855
Acquisition notes
Lot.683
Department
Money and Medals
Registration number
1855,0512.40
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
HSBC.1774
(Money Gallery Exhibited)
C&M catalogue number
RR1
(480)
(69)
Conservation
Treatment
: 03 Sep 1996
Treatment
: 09 Mar 2012