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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3535489, member: 83175"]I don't think it's the same one who adopted Decimus - Wikipedia has Decimus being adopted by a consul of 99 BC (similar name, though):</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumia_(gens)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumia_(gens)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumia_(gens)</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Decimus Brutus issued coins - this one shows the consul (his adoptive father, I suppose) - Cr. 450/3b.</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Postumia14Denariu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The more famous Brutus (two Brutus among the assassins) may or may not be depicted on this coin - Cr. 515/2 - I only have a crappy fourrée and of course no Eid Mar!</p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Brutus.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 3535489, member: 83175"]I don't think it's the same one who adopted Decimus - Wikipedia has Decimus being adopted by a consul of 99 BC (similar name, though): [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumia_(gens)[/url] Decimus Brutus issued coins - this one shows the consul (his adoptive father, I suppose) - Cr. 450/3b. [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Postumia14Denariu.jpg[/IMG] The more famous Brutus (two Brutus among the assassins) may or may not be depicted on this coin - Cr. 515/2 - I only have a crappy fourrée and of course no Eid Mar! [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Brutus.jpg[/IMG] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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