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coin; forgery(modern)

Object Type: coin; forgery (modern)
Museum number: G3,RIG.11
Denomination: aureus
Description: Gold coin; modern forgery. (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
Authority: Moneyer: Marcus Junius Brutus; Moneyer: L Plaetorius Cestianus
Cultures/periods
Production date: 43BC-42BC (original)
Materials
Dimensions: Weight: 7.36 grammes
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (508/3) (c.f.); 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) (508.3.5)
Location: On display (G1/fc11)
Subjects: politician/statesman; arms/armour
Associated names
Acquisition name
Previous owner
Acquisition date: 1825
Acquisition notes: Not previously registered.
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: G3,RIG.11
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: B.11447 (Supplementary number allocated before identified as George III.)