DailyMail: Extremely rare Roman coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar has surfaced.
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Rare 2,000-year-old Roman gold coin commemorating the assassination of Julius Caesar is expected to fetch 'up to £5 MILLION' at auction in London
_The iconic coin is one of only three of its style to be known to still exist in gold
_It was minted as a 'naked and shameless' celebration of the statesman's death
_Julius Caesar was murdered by a conspiracy of 60 Roman senators in 44 BC
_The coin — from a private collection — will be auctioned off on October 29
By Ian Randall For Mailonline
A rare gold coin which commemorates the assassination of the Roman general Julius Caesar is expected to auction for 'up to £5 million' this month, experts have said.
Over two millennia old, the token is one of three of the same design known to have been cast in gold, making it the 'holy grail' for ancient coin collectors, experts said.
Held until now in a private collection in Europe, the mint-condition gold coin will be sold at auction by London-based Roma Numismatics on October 29, 2020.
The coin 'was made in 42 BC, two years after the famous assassination,' Mark Salzberg — the chairman of the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation of Sarasota, Florida, which confirmed the authenticity of the coin — told Fox News.
'The front has a portrait of Marcus Junius Brutus — one of Caesar’s assassins — and the other side dramatically has two daggers and the words EID MAR, a Latin abbreviation for Ides of March,' he added.
It also features a 'cap of liberty', signifying the motivations behind the murder — and on the other face, the date of the deed.
The item, Mr Salzberg explained, is 'one of the most important and valuable coins of the ancient world.'
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Strangest US coin I've ever seen.
All jokes aside, very cool. Wonder if this is coming out of the Tyrant collection, or if he will be playing for it.
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It's not currently in the Tyrant Collection but it would fit well for him.
Coincidentally, I purchased one of the finest known denarii of the same type yesterday. It's a significant upgrade over one I owned a few years back. It's not as expensive as the gold but it still cost more than my last house.
There are ~90 known in silver (about 40 of which are in museums and many are very low-grade) and three known in gold, although one is questionable as to if it's genuine, and the other is in the British Museum on long-term loan.
Needless to say, I'm thrilled with my new centerpiece!
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I expect this particular ancient gold coin will sell for a very high price, as it is connected to Emperor Julius Caesar.
I wonder what the response was in 44 BC to the post death issuance of this particular coin; and I wonder what the response would have been in 1865 and/or in 1963 if similar coins had been produced and released by the US Mint after the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy.
I'd much rather have that coin than any US coin. There is some real history! I expect it to bring a very high price.
It looks to be in good shape but probably a details coin.
You would wonder if the gods have a message for the unveiling at this time.
What, to you, would be a very high price?
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Over 5 million pounds would not surprise me. It's gold, it's rare, it's in great condition and it has tremendous historical interest. I see it as something very wealthy collectors would be willing to stretch for to own.
No, I won't be bidding. My Coinstar finds this month just won't support it even though I did find some British pounds!
I'll throw in my two denarii cents. I was offered the above Eid Mar aureus two years ago for 2M GBP and a friend was offered it this January and passed. This indicates to me that it's not "pre-sold" and that they're hoping for some new buyer to come out of the woodwork.
It's a phenomenal piece but probably not as record-breaking as the auction house would like, probably falling just north of 1M GBP in my eyes.
But, we'll see. It's hard to price these rarities.
Hmmmmmmm? Maybe my Coinstar finds can support a bid!
Interesting coin.
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Certainly a significant coin.... History alone makes it extremely attractive. Three known (in gold) is mentioned above... I wonder what the actual, original mintage was. Cheers, RickO
I would like to know if it has a clean provenance going back 100 years or so. Seems just a little odd that it would remain unknown for centuries, considering the number of ancient collectors there were going back hundreds of years.
So when is Italy gonna make a political claim for it?
They'll make a cultural claim for it right after a rich American buys it.
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