BRUTUS - assassin of Julius Caesar! (MA2451)

Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus AR Denarius. Mint moving with Brutus, 43-42 BC. Head of Libertas right; LEIBERTAS before / CAEPIO•BRVTVS•PRO•COS, plectrum, lyre and laurel branch tied with fillet. Crawford 501/1; CRI 199; RSC Junia 34. 3.39 g, 20 mm.

The reverse was inspired from the contemporary silver hemidrachms of the Lycian League which was connected with Brutus' military activities subsequent to his meeting with Cassius at Smyrna.