Ex Leu 91, 10 May 2004, 479
Lot 1669
Albinus Bruti f, 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 4.00 g, 2 h), Rome. A POSTVMIVS COS Bare head of A. Postumius to right. Rev. ALBINVS / BRVTI F within wreath of grain ears. Babelon (Postumia) 14 and (Junia) 29. Crawford 450/3a. CRI 27. RBW 1578. Sydenham 943a. Beautifully toned and with a wonderful portrait. Struck slightly off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Ex Leu 91, 10 May 2004, 479.

It is not entirely certain whose portrait appears on the obverse of this wonderful denarius: it could be either the consul of 151 BC, Aulus Postumius Albinus, or the consul of the same name from 99 BC. The latter is more likely, and he may have been the adoptive father of the moneyer, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (not to be confused with Junius Brutus!), who in just a few years would become one of the leading instigators of Julius Caesar's assassination. The reverse type, consisting only of the moneyer's name within a wreath of grain ears, seems to indicate that he was responsible for supplying Rome at some point during a time of hardship.
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800 CHF
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Closing time: 25-Feb-24, 14:21:30 CET
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