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A collection of ancient Roman coins amassed by a former Latin teacher from Connecticut was sold at auction for over $1 million this week.
A rare Roman coin depicting Brutus, assassin of Julius Caesar, sold for €1.98 million at a Geneva auction. The coin, minted in 43-42 BC, features Brutus's profile and symbols of war.
A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland.
An extremely rare gold coin featuring Brutus, who helped spearhead Julius Caesar's assassination, is up for auction in December.
The discovery was on the same site where 107 Roman silver coins had been unearthed in 2010. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday. The discovery was made during a cleaning ...
A rare haul of 27 silver Roman coins dated between 94 and 74 BC has been discovered on the remote island of Pantelleria, the Sicily region said on Monday.
Photo from Italy’s Ministry of Culture Caligula, whose real name was Gaius Caesar Germanicus, was a hated Roman emperor who ruled between 37 and 41 A.D., according to Britannica.
That campaign—a battle between Julius Caesar and Pompey the Great—lasted roughly four years and spanned half a dozen territories before culminating in southern Spain, where Caesar secured victory.