There is a coin, and it is the denarius of the Ides of March, which in three simple and essential figurative elements condenses an event that occurred in Rome in 44 BC which changed the history of the world. There are two daggers that refer to the assassination of Julius Caesar, in which several conspirators participated, even if in the collective imagination only Brutus and Cassius are remembered; in the center the pileussymbol of conquered freedom, and under the date: Eid Tue, the Ides of March. The portrait of Brutus, faithful, taking into account that the coin was struck by the leader of the coup d’état himself, in turn occupies the right of minting. An example of which, considered the best in private hands, in the 7/9 May issue of Numismatica Ars Classica (www.arsclassicacoins.com) will start from 400 thousand francs.
The other valuable pieces
The Zurich Enchantment, which is divided into two Nac catalogs and three in collaboration with other Swiss auction houses, is full of rarities. Almost like the stars on the night of San Lorenzo. This is the case of the aureus beaten in Ostia by order of Maxentius shortly before being defeated by Constantine. The portrait of the forehand is splendid, evoking a victory that will never come, the backhand. Also starting in this case from 400 thousand francs. Like the fascinating stater with Artemis minted around 330 in Troas, an important port in northwestern Asia Minor. No less interesting is the Chalcidian drachma from Naxos, valued at 220 thousand francs, with a curious head of Dionysus, the Greek god of Olympus surrounded by ivy, with a pointed beard and hair falling in waves on the neck on the obverse and a bunch on the reverse of grapes among leaves. Among the copious lots there is the possibility of finding coins capable of satisfying every taste and wallet. This is the case of the denarius of L. Iulius Bursio with a male figure and attributes of some divinities and on the reverse the Victory in a quadriga with reins in one hand and crown in the other, offered at 400 francs.
