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Nomos 38

Zurich, 31 May 2026, 14:00 CEST 

Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Limmatquai 54, 8001 Zurich
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Estimate: 1500 CHF
Hammer Price:  2600 CHF
Lot 423
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The Republicans. L. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, early 42 BC. Denarius (Silver, 20 mm, 3.76 g, 12 h), military mint moving with the army of Brutus in the east, possibly struck in Smyrna. BRVTVS Axe, simpulum and knife. Rev. LENTVLVS / SPINT Jug and lituus. Babelon (Junia) 41 and (Cornelia) 71. Crawford 500/7. CRI 198. RBW 1766. Sydenham 1310. Sharply struck on a very broad flan, and attractive. Good extremely fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex Künker 416, 29 October 2024, 1810 & Berk BBS 158, 2008, 213.

This coin of Marcus Junius Brutus, leader of Caesar's assassins, depicts the tools of the Pontificate on the obverse, including the securis victima (sacrificial axe), simpulum (dipper for libations), and secespita (sacrificial knife). The reverse depicts tools of the Augurate: The capis (ritual bowl for entrails) and the lituus (augur's wand, used to divide the sky into quadrants for studying the flight of birds).

Online bidding closes: 31 May 2026, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 21 Jul 2026, 08:51:03 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:2600 CHF
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