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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4251547, member: 99456&quot;]That is a nice &quot;Pugio&quot;!</p><p><br /></p><p>and a nice Antony and Octavia!&nbsp; The wikipedia lists about 22 people who participated in the plot.&nbsp; In this article,&nbsp; <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41540686" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41540686" rel="nofollow">Epstein, D. (1987). Caesar&#039;s Personal Enemies on the Ides of March. <i>Latomus,</i> <i>46</i>(3), 566-570</a>, describes some of the personal animosities that contributed.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are coins issued by at least 6 of the ~22 conspirators whose names are known e.g.</p><ul> <li>Marcus Junius Brutus</li> <li>Gaius Cassius Longinus (brother of Lucius)</li> <li>Lucius Cassius Longinus (brother of Gaius)</li> <li>Decimus Junius Brutus</li> <li>Decimus Turullius (moneyer for Mark Antony)</li> <li>Publius Servilius Casca Longus brother of Gaius Servilius Casca and the one responsible for the first stab</li> </ul><p>as well as conspirators with close relatives who issued coins&nbsp; e.g.</p><ul> <li>Marcus Porcius Cato son of “The Younger”</li> <li>Lucius Minucius Basilus potentially the son of L. Minucius 133 BC</li> <li>Gaius Servilius Casca brother of Publius Servilius Casca Longus</li> <li>Servius Sulpicius Galba great grandfather of the emperor with same name</li> </ul><p>Although I have shared these coins before, here&#039;s a coin of the best known <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ancient-coin-for-independence-day.342032/#post-3592811" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/an-ancient-coin-for-independence-day.342032/#post-3592811">Brutus foreshadowing his tyrannicide</a> in 54 BC:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084632[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican, <b>M. Junius Brutus</b>, 54 BC.</p><p>AR Denarius, Rome, struck 54 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Bearded and bare-headed head right of L. Junius Brutus; BRVTVS.</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Bearded and bare-headed head right of Caius Servilius Ahala; AHALA</p><p><b>Size:</b> 3.96g, 17-19mm</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 433/2; Junia 30</p><p><br /></p><p>As well two coins from his lesser known cousin Decimus Junius Brutus, a lead actor in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, with few relevant pages in a book on the moneyer <a href="https://archive.org/details/decimusjuniusbru00bond/page/54" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/decimusjuniusbru00bond/page/54" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1084633[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imperatorial Rome, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/4221055/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/posts/4221055/"><b>D. Junius Brutus Albinus</b></a>, 48 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Head of Pietas right, wearing cruciform earring and pearl necklace; PIETAS downward to left</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Clasped hands holding winged caduceus; ALBINVS • BRVTI • F around below</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 450/2, Postumia 10</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/worksofmrwilliam05shak/page/2232/mode/2up" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/worksofmrwilliam05shak/page/2232/mode/2up" rel="nofollow">[ATTACH=full]1084657[/ATTACH]</a></p><p>-Shakespear[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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