BRUTUS - assassin of Julius Caesar! (AP2051)

The reverse here refers to Spinther's appointment to the college of augurs in ca. 57 B.C. and represents a rare example of Imperatorial coinage where a moneyer has selected devices personal to himself. Legate to Cassius and Brutus, Spinther was likely killed at Philippi.

Denarius, early 42 B.C. Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Simpulum flanked by a sacrificial ax and knife; BRVTVS. Rv. Jug and littus; LENTVLVS SPINT. Craw.500/7, Syd.1310. 3,56 gms, 19,5 mm. Overstrike, very fine