A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland.
claimed a total of 63 of the 748 coins for their own collections. The highest price of the sale was for a Denarius of Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, dating from AD 37-38 and decorated ...
The coins date from as early as 206 BC through ... A denarius of Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula, dating from AD 37-38 decorated with a portrait of Agrippina is expected to fetch £2,000 ...
The youngest son of the war hero, Germanicus, Gaius Caesar had grown up around soldiers and his nickname, Caligula, meaning "little boots," had stuck. As a child, Caligula had suffered enormously.
A rare coin minted by Marcus Junius Brutus after he helped assassinate Julius Caesar will go to auction next week. The gold coin — one of only 17 of its kind known to exist — dates to 43 or 42 ...