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The Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus

253, Lot: 290. Estimate $500.
Sold for $880. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.58 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Libertas right / Consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906; Junia 31. Good VF, lightly toned.


This issue alludes to the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome, by L. Junius Brutus, the moneyer's ancestor, who in 509 BC was elected the first consul of the newly formed Republic.