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ID:     27-0282
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     L. Plaetorius Cestianus and M. Junius Brutus
Date Ruled:     43-42 BC
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Aureus
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     43-42 BC
Diameter:     22 mm
Weight:     7.84 g
Obverse Legend:     BRVT IMP – L·PLAET·CEST
Obverse Description:     Bare head of M. Iunius Brutus right.
Reverse Legend:     EID·MAR
Reverse Description:     Pileus between two daggers; EID·MAR below.
Mint:     Mint moving with Brutus in Northern Greece
Primary Reference:     RIS 215
Reference2:     Calicò 58 (this coin)
Reference3:     H. Cahn, Actes du Congrés Internationale de Numismatique, Paris 1953, p. 213 (this coin) = H. Cahn, Q. Tic 18, 1989, 24a (this coin)
Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:     http://arsclassicacoins.com
Grade:     VF, pierced at 12:00, reverse scratch.
Notes:     NAC Auction 27 (2004), lot 282. Of the highest rarity (only two known).