Description: An old estate find - EID MAR silver denariusWeight - 3.84 gr.Diameter - 18 mm.I've bought this coin as part of the old estate sale so I'm not familiar to its previous history.The coin is worn as seen in the photos.Please let me know if you need any more info.Brutus and his co-conspirators struck in 44 BC, on the 15th day of March, a day known in the Roman calendar as the Ides – the middle of the month, an attribute of the new calendar system that Caesar himself had established only two years earlier. Caesar had come to address a large session of the Senate where he was about to announce his plans for the invasion of Parthia. Using daggers they concealed beneath their tunics, the Liberatores surrounded Caesar, attacking him mercilessly. When Caesar saw that his good friend Brutus was about to deliver the fatal blow, he uttered his poignant last words, asking, "Kai su, teknon?" - "You too, my child?" The events of the Ides of March have been retold in numerous novels and plays, perhaps most famously as the plot of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar”. Shakespeare would translate Caesar’s final words into Latin, taking slight creative liberty to write the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?" As Caesar lay dead on the steps of the portico in front of the House of the Senate, Brutus enthusiastically and confidently proclaimed, "People of Rome, we are once again free!" Will be shipped registered with a tracking number.Good luck!
Price: 750 USD
Location: Jerusalem , Israel
End Time: 2024-11-30T18:51:02.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: Denarius
Historical Period: Roman: Imperial (27 BC-476 AD)
Cleaned/Uncleaned: Uncleaned
Composition: Silver
Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
Year: 44 BC
Era: Ancient
Ruler: Julius caesar
Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy
Certification: Uncertified
