Issued by L. Plaetorius Cestianus
RomanStruck for Brutus
Roman (85-42 BC)Denarius of L. Plaetorius Cestianus for Brutus, Moving Mint, 43-42 BC
Coin
Roman Republican
, 1st century BC
Roman period, Republic, c. 510-31 BC
Creation Place:
Moving Mint, Ancient & Byzantine World
silver
3.76 g
RRC 508/3
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Frederick M. Watkins
, 1972.244
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
, Description
Obv.: Head of Brutus r., bare headed, with slight beard.
Rev.: Cap of Liberty (pileus) between two daggers with points downwards.
Rev.: Cap of Liberty (pileus) between two daggers with points downwards.
Bibliography
The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1973)
Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook, exh. cat., ed. Stephan Wolohojian (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)
Stephan Wolohojian, ed., Harvard Art Museum/Handbook, exh. cat., ed. Stephan Wolohojian (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2008)
Exhibition History
The Frederick M. Watkins Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/31/1973 - 03/14/1973
The Portrait, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2004 - 01/09/2005