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Quinarii Brutus Marc Antony Octavian Julius Caesar - gold quinarius, half-aureus

This is the seller’s photo as I have not received this yet. When I saw this on the auction site my thought was that this is an aureus of Caesar struck by L Munatius Plancus in 45 BC. The description was in Italian and I noted the word “quinario”. Applying my superb linguistic skills, I eventually deduced that this meant quinarius in English. This coin was the much rarer gold quinarius or half-aureus. This was the only example of that denomination that was issued during the Republic. I don’t often see these offered for sale so I was pretty happy to have picked it up.

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Wish I could take credit for my photos, but they’re the work of Tom Mulvaney of Lexington, KY.

Q Metellus Scipio, 47-46 BC Cestius and Norbanus, 43 BC

L Buca, 44 BC Sulla’s Dream or Myth of Endymion? NEXT - more Imperatorial

As an ordained minister of FSM, I approve of this thread!

@AncientJoe I was wondering what you would select. I think you could just post your Colosseo Collection link as each and every coin is a “Crown Jewel”!

Here are 2 Legio XII Antiquae Legio VII

When I decided to concentrate on Imperatorial coins I initially thought that I’d try to get an example of every type issued by Brutus. It didn’t take too long for me to see the impossibility of that idea, but I have acquired a dozen that are associated with him. This denarius of L Servius Rufus from 41 BC is arguably a tribute to Brutus and the Republican cause. Judging by the portrait on the EID MAR this certainly does appear to be Brutus. The reverse shows the Dioscuri and an observant contributor pointed out a strong indication of a die clash on the reverse. All in all, I think this is a pretty interesting coin.

Octavian, minted in Italy NEXT - more Octavian

Lyre - Carnyx -

I’ve always thought that these 3 were near the “top of the heap” for their respective issues: Saserna, 48 BC Palikanus, 45 BC Julius Caesar, 46-45 BC

More snakes Added bonus - this quinarius of Octavian is mis-struck and shows 3 snakes on the reverse, rather than the usual 2!