Marcus Junius Brutus (as moneyer) AR Denarius – BRVTVS / AHALA

Silver Denarius of Marcus Junius Brutus (as Moneyor)

Obv: BRVTVS, bare head of L Junius Brutus right.

Rev: AHALA, bare head of C Servilius Ahala right.

54 BC. · Rome Mint · Cr433/2, Syd 907, Junia 30

3.8g · 17.7mm

M.J. Brutus traces his ancestry through his parents to two of the most famous tyrannicides in Rome’s history – maybe a portent to his role in the assassination of Julius Caesar. The Obverse depicts Lucius Junius Brutus – Rome’s semi-mythical first consul, responsible for the expulsion of the last King of Rome. The reverse depicts Gaius Servilius Structus Ahala, famous for assassinating Spurius Maelius – a wealthy plebian who had been plotting to make himself king!