Image rights: wildwinds.com Brutus, AR denarius, (3.78g) Smyrna (?), early 42 BC, BRVTVS Ax, simpulum and knife. / LENTVLVS SPINT Jug and lituus. C500/7. Toned VF, many small peck marks. a coin of Brutus which has earned the nickname "Poor man's Eid Mar" because of the knife on its reverse.