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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2716872, member: 51347"]Today, 21-April is the celebrated Birth of Rome, traditionally in 753 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>To celebrate, I offer this Denarius from BRUTUS:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]614434[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>BRVTVS / AHALA</p><p>Struck by the famous Marcus Junius Brutus when he was moneyer in 54 BCE</p><p>Obv: Bust of L. Junius Brutus, the Consul of 509 BC</p><p>Rev: Bust of C. Servilius Ahala, master of horse, 439 BC.</p><p>Ref:Sear 398. Crawford 433/2. Junia 1</p><p>Ex: From the awesome collection of our Good Man - Warren Esty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating that the <b>first Consul of the Roman Republic was a Brutus</b>, and one of the Assassins of the Dictator who ushered in the Roman Empire was a Brutus... almost 500 years of Republic...</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i><span style="color: #b30000">PILE 'EM ON! Any cool coins of Rome!</span></i></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2716872, member: 51347"]Today, 21-April is the celebrated Birth of Rome, traditionally in 753 BCE. To celebrate, I offer this Denarius from BRUTUS: [ATTACH=full]614434[/ATTACH] Roman Republic AR Denarius BRVTVS / AHALA Struck by the famous Marcus Junius Brutus when he was moneyer in 54 BCE Obv: Bust of L. Junius Brutus, the Consul of 509 BC Rev: Bust of C. Servilius Ahala, master of horse, 439 BC. Ref:Sear 398. Crawford 433/2. Junia 1 Ex: From the awesome collection of our Good Man - Warren Esty. Fascinating that the [B]first Consul of the Roman Republic was a Brutus[/B], and one of the Assassins of the Dictator who ushered in the Roman Empire was a Brutus... almost 500 years of Republic... [B][I][COLOR=#b30000]PILE 'EM ON! Any cool coins of Rome![/COLOR][/I][/B][/QUOTE]
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