March 15, 44 BCE Propaganda coins of “liberatores”1: The coin was issued by Marcus Juniu
March 15, 44 BCE Propaganda coins of “liberatores”1: The coin was issued by Marcus Junius Brutus and reverse side depicts his ancestor Lucius Junius Brutus (cos 509 BCE) walking between two lictors. IMO rather clumsy piece of propaganda :Dhttps://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=156951&cachesLoaded=true2. Reverse of a Roman Gold coin celebrating Casca, who struck a first blow against Caesar3, Obverse of the same coin depicting Brutus, struck in Asia inor in 43/42 BCEhttps://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=146524&cachesLoaded=true4. A coin issued by Cassius in Asia Minor (43/42). Onverse has an image of Libertas.https://smb.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=146792&cachesLoaded=trueSource: Münzkabinett, StaatlicheMuseen zu Berlin - Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz; Creator:Reinhard Saczewski ; Copyright Notice;CC BY-NC-SA -- source link
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