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ID:     76001302
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     L. Servius Rufus
Date Ruled:     41 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 41
Weight:     3.82 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Description:     Bare head of Brutus(?) right
Reverse Legend:     L SERVIVS RVFVS
Reverse Description:     The Dioscuri standing facing, each holding spear and sword strapped to waist
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 515/2
Reference2:     RSC Sulpicia 10
Reference3:     Syd 1082
Reference4:     CRI 324
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=108977
Grade:     VF, iridescent gray toning
Notes:     Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1302 Rare. From the Karl Sifferman Collection.This moneyer is only known from his coins. The obverse bust has traditionally been regarded as portraying Servius Sulpicius Rufus who was responsible for raising the siege of Tusculum in 377 BC. But since the moneyer is a Servius, not a Sulpicius, this identification is probably inaccurate. The portrait does bear a remarkable resemblance to Brutus and it seems perhaps likely that the coin was struck as an expression of political sympathy toward Brutus' cause.