Marcus Junius Brutus, Most Famous of Caesars Assassins, 44-42 BC.
This type, traditionally attributed to an otherwise unknown Dacian or Sythian king Koson, was struck for Brutus, 44-42 BC, with gold supplied by the Senate to fund his legions in Roman civil war against Mark Antony and Octavian.
The obverse imitates a Roman denarius struck by Brutus in 54 BC, depicting his ancestor L. Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic.
The reverse imitates a Roman denarius struck by Pomponius Rufus in 73 BC. The meaning of the inscription "KOΣΩN" is uncertain. KOΣΩN may have been the name of a Dacian king who supplied mercenary forces to Brutus, or BR KOΣΩN may have been intended to mean "[of] the Consul Brutus."
Marcus Junius Brutus, Most Famous of Caesars Assassins, 44-42 BC.
This type, traditionally attributed to an otherwise unknown Dacian or Sythian king Koson, was struck for Brutus, 44-42 BC, with gold supplied by the Senate to fund his legions in Roman civil war against Mark Antony and Octavian.
The obverse imitates a Roman denarius struck by Brutus in 54 BC, depicting his ancestor L. Junius Brutus, the traditional founder of the Roman Republic.
The reverse imitates a Roman denarius struck by Pomponius Rufus in 73 BC. The meaning of the inscription "KOΣΩN" is uncertain. KOΣΩN may have been the name of a Dacian king who supplied mercenary forces to Brutus, or BR KOΣΩN may have been intended to mean "[of] the Consul Brutus."
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