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Denarius - Brutus L•PLAET•CEST / BRVT•IMP
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 43 BC - 42 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped and veiled bust of a laureate female deity, identified by some authorities as Artemis or a personification, facing right, wearing a polos headdress. The portrait is rendered in a confident late-Republican style with fine drapery folds visible at the shoulder. The legend L·PLAET·CEST, identifying the moneyer Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus, is inscribed in the field. The design is enclosed within a neat border of pellets. |
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| Reverse description | Within a border of pellets, the field displays two priestly implements of augural and pontifical significance arranged together: a curved axe (securis) with its blade uppermost to the left, and a culullus (a priest's libation cup or simpulum) to the right. These emblems evoke Brutus's role as imperator and his religious authority. The legend BRVT·IMP, proclaiming Marcus Junius Brutus as commander-in-chief, is inscribed in the lower field in bold, well-spaced Latin capitals. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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