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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4221055, member: 99456"]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 <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]1080710[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imperatorial Rome, <b>D. Junius Brutus Albinus</b>, 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><br /></p><p>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?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1080719[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Imperial, <b>Antoninus Pius</b>, AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 145-147. </p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>COS IIII, clasped right hands, holding caduceus and two stalks of grain</p><p><b>Ref: </b>RIC III 68 var. (no stalks of grain); RSC 184 (same)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4221055, member: 99456"]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 [URL='https://archive.org/details/decimusjuniusbru00bond/page/54']here[/URL]. [ATTACH=full]1080710[/ATTACH] Imperatorial Rome, [B]D. Junius Brutus Albinus[/B], 48 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Head of Pietas right, wearing cruciform earring and pearl necklace; PIETAS downward to left [B]Rev: [/B]Clasped hands holding winged caduceus; ALBINVS • BRVTI • F around below [B]Ref: [/B]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? [ATTACH=full]1080719[/ATTACH] Roman Imperial, [B]Antoninus Pius[/B], AD 138-161, AR Denarius, Rome mint, struck AD 145-147. [B]Obv:[/B] Laureate head right [B]Rev: [/B]COS IIII, clasped right hands, holding caduceus and two stalks of grain [B]Ref: [/B]RIC III 68 var. (no stalks of grain); RSC 184 (same)[/QUOTE]
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