Roman Republican, Brutus, silver denarius, Rome 54 BC, Libertas/L. Iunius Brutus, Libretas error
Roman Republican, Brutus, silver denarius, Rome 54 BC, Libertas/L. Iunius Brutus, Libretas error
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Roman Republican, Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Iunius) Brutus, silver denarius, Rome 54 BC, Libertas/the consul L. Iunius Brutus (consul in 509 BC) advancing left between two lectors carrying fasces and proceeded by an accensus. The obverse legend Libertas spelt incorrectly as Libretas. 4.06 g.
about EF, excellent metal, attractively toned. Extremely rare variety with erroneous obverse legend.
Unpublished in the standard references, but for another example see NAC 143 (7 May 2024), lot 317 (these dies, hammer 5000 CHF); another coin with this error was present in the Leo Benz collection (no. 423)
From an English collection; ex-Tauler & Fau 107, 30 March 2022, lot 1067.