Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Greek Coinage, Northern Greece, Thracian Dynasts, Koson, c. 50 BC, gold Stater, three togate figures advancing left, rev. eagle standing left on sceptre, holding wreath in claw, 8.54g/1h (RPC 1701; BMC p. 474, 48). Good very fine (£400-500)

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 committed suicide after the loss