The Other Brutus

yeeehhaaa => sweet OP-addition, Mikey-Z (gorgeous)

Yah, I only have the one example (not your coin-type) ...

=> but still pretty fricken cool, eh?

D. Junius Brutus Albinus
48 BC
Mars & Two Gallic Trumpets

 

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..i've been looking at one o des with the mask of Pan....

 

Maybe not a superb 'flagship' Greek Tet, but the OP coin certainly seems like a nice win, one of my favorites, so I have two. These are often surprisingly reasonably priced, especially given he was a lead actor in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar, although he was not present at the assassination. A few relevant pages in a book on the moneyer can be found here.

Imperatorial Rome, D. Junius Brutus Albinus, 48 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint
Obv: Head of Pietas right, wearing cruciform earring and pearl necklace; PIETAS downward to left
Rev: Clasped hands holding winged caduceus; ALBINVS • BRVTI • F around below
Ref: Crawford 450/2, Postumia 10

There's also the option for a "clasped hands holding caduceus" set including L. Mussidius Longinus, Pansa-Bruti, Mark Antony, Octavian, Vespasian, Titus, Antoninus Pius,...others?

Roman Imperial, Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 145-147.
Obv: Laureate head right
Rev: COS IIII, clasped right hands, holding caduceus and two stalks of grain
Ref: RIC III 68 var. (no stalks of grain); RSC 184 (same)