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BRUTUS, Ides of March Denarius, the Nelson
Bunker Hunt specimen 43-42 AD,

Minimum Bid: $110,000.00
Seller:      hjbcoins

Ides of March Denarius, the Nelson Bunker Hunt
specimen, 43-42 AD, Cr-508/3, Syd-1301 (R9), C-15
(350 Fr.); Cahn, Quaderni ticinesi 1989, no. 10b,
pl.II (this coin). Obv: BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST Head
of Brutus r. Rx: EID MAR Liberty cap and two
daggers. Ex Sotheby's, New York, 19 June 1990,
N.B.Hunt, 119; Sternberg, 30 Nov. 1973, 10;
Stack's, 20 Nov. 1967, H.P. McCollough, 1032; and
Naville Ars Classica XV, 1930, Woodward, 1315.
Also published in the Hunt exhibition catqalogue,
Wealth of the Ancient World, no. 119. 
With its pedigree, this is one of the most famous of all the Eid Mar
coins.

  Weight: 3.72g

Auction closed:  08/23/2000 11:30:52 PDT
Auction ID:  0809J752866