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ID:     77000617
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Pedanius Costa and M. Junius Brutus
Date Ruled:     43-42 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 42
Weight:     3.78 g
Die Axis:     12 h
Obverse Legend:     COSTA LEG
Obverse Description:     Head of Apollo right, wearing hair rolled back, collected into a knot behind, and a lock or so falling down neck; all within beaded or radiate border
Reverse Legend:     BRVTVS IMP
Reverse Description:     trophy facing, composed of cuirass, wearing crested helmet, holding oval shield with incurved sides in right and a pair of crossed spears in left
Mint:     Military
Primary Reference:     Crawford 506/2
Reference2:     RSC 4
Reference3:     Syd 1296
Reference4:     Kestner 3775-3776; BMCRR East 59-61; CRI 209
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115040
Grade:     EF, light toning.
Notes:     Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 617 Ex Numismatic Fine Arts XXIX (13 August 1992), lot 314.