Denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus, 54 BC

Description

Denarius of the mint master Marcus Iunius Brutus (one of the later assassins of Iulius Caesar), Rome, 54 BC. with the head of Lucius Iunius BRUTUS, who, according to legend, was one of the first consuls of the Roman Republic in 509 BC. Reverse Head of Gaius Servilius AHALA, said to have killed the tyrant Spurius Maelius in the year 439 BC with a dagger hidden in the crook of his arm and so liberated the country.