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Northern Greece, Thracian Dynasts, Koson, c.50 BC, gold Stater, three togate figures advancing left, reverse eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath in claw, 8.54gm (RPC 1701; BMC p. 474, 48). Extremely fine (£300-400)

The obverse design shows a consul escorted by two lictors and derives from a silver denarius of Brutus struck in 54 BC. This coin is believed to come from a hoard struck as military payroll for the army, which was defeated at Philippi in 42 BC; Brutus himself committed suicide after the loss