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Aureus - Brutus L·BRVTVS·PRIM·COS / M·BRVTVS·IMP COSTA·LEG
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 43 BC - 42 BC |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bare, bearded head of Lucius Junius Brutus, the legendary founder of the Roman Republic, facing right, rendered in a vigorous late-Republican portrait style with short curly hair and a short beard. The legend L·BRVTVS·PRIM·COS arcs around the upper field, identifying the subject as the first consul of Rome. The entire design is enclosed within a decorative oak-wreath border, emphasizing the honorific and propagandistic nature of the issue. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Bare, bearded head of Marcus Junius Brutus, the tyrannicide and imperator, facing right, depicted in a realistic late-Republican portrait idiom with short wavy hair and a close-cropped beard. The surrounding legend reads M·BRVTVS·IMP COSTA·LEG, identifying Brutus as imperator and his legate Gaius Flavius Costa. The portrait is framed by an encircling oak-wreath border, mirroring the design of the obverse and underscoring the dynastic and ideological parallelism intended by the issue. |
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