A Brutus EID MAR denarius sold for $533,039 in Leu Numismatik’s Swiss ancient-coin auction, which totaled $2.65 million ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A silver coin against a white background. The coin has two daggers and a hat between them. It says EID MAR for the ides of march.

ATHENS, Greece – A rare silver coin celebrating the most famous murder of antiquity was handed over on Tuesday to Culture Ministry officials in Athens, after a groundbreaking deal that allowed its ...

A rare coin minted by Marcus Junius Brutus after he helped assassinate Julius Caesar will go to auction next week. The gold coin — one of only 17 of its kind known to exist — dates to 43 or 42 B.C.

Type/Object Name: Ob: Head of Brutus. Inscription BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST (= “Brutus imperator Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus”). | Re: Pileus between two daggers. Inscription EID(ibus) MAR(tiis) (= “The ...

The silver EID MAR denarius — a Roman coin worth about a day's pay — was minted by Brutus during the Battle of Philippi as a means of paying his soldiers. On the obverse, or "heads" side, there is a ...