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| Reference | RPC 1701 | Gold Propaganda Coin with Obverse of his silver Coin from 54 B.C.
Gold Stater 20mm (8.36 Grams) Struck After 44 B.C.
The obverse depicts the great consul L. Junius Brutus, who expelled the Tarquins from Rome in 509 BC, accompanied by two lictors bearing axes
The reverse, an eagle standing on a sceptre and holding a victory wreath, was evidently a standard type at Rome and occurs on the coinage of Q. Pomponius Rufus (Crawford 398/1)
The designs express Brutus' propaganda in the civil war perfectly: the obverse represents the historic fight against tyranny, and the reverse represents the victorious Roman eagle
A reference to L. J. Brutus is in the following lines from Shakespeare's play The Tragedie of Julius Cæsar , (Cassius to Marcus Brutus, Act 1, Scene 2)
The Hives ' song "B is for Brutus" contains titular and lyrical references to Junius Brutus
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