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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3417851, member: 74282&quot;]Caesar and Cassius. I still need to pick up a Brutus, just waiting for the right one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]906851[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Imperatorial period AR denarius(3.91g, 18.32mm). Julius Caesar, military mint in northern Spain or southern Gaul, 49-48 BC. Elephant right, trampling dragon; in exergue, CAESAR. Border of dots / Pontifical emblems - culullus, aspergillum, axe and apex. Border of dots. Crawford 443/1; Babelon Julia 9; Sydenham 1006.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]906852[/ATTACH] </p><p>The Liberators, AR denarius(19mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Gaius Cassius Longinus, Imperator with Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, Legate, late 43-early 42 B.C., military mint with Cassius and Brutus, possibly Smyrna. Head of Libertas right, wearing veil and diadem; before, LEIBERTAS upwards; behind, C•CASSI•IMP updwards. Border of dots / Jug and lituus; below, LENTVLVS SPINT in two lines. Border of dots. Crawford 500/5; Sear HCRI 223.</p><p>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, CNG e-Auction 408, October 25 2017, lot 440, ex JD Collection, Numismatica Ars Classica 78 part II, May 27 2014, lot 1892, ex Jacques Schulman 265, September 28 1976, lot 454, ex Monnaies et Médailles Basel Auctiones 3, December 4 1973, lot 328[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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