Roman Republic, M. Junius Brutus, Denarius, 54 BC, Rome, bare head of L. Junius Brutus, brvtvs behind, rev. bearded head of C. Servilius Ahala, ahala behind, 3.65g (Craw. 433/2; Sear 398). Very fine (£240-280)

This issue by Brutus, one ot the assassins of Caesar, as moneyer, honours his famous ancestors, Lucius Junius Brutus, the first Roman consul and leading figure in the downfall of the last Roman king, Tarquin, and Gaius Servilius Ahala, who thwarted a plot by a popular and prosperous knight to make himself king