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HISTORICAL ROMAN COINS
the campaign of Philippi; the others in 42, when he
was in Macedon. The name of Brutus, as the adopted
son of Q„ Servilius Caepio, has on No. 70 the official
form Q. Caepio Brutus. Besides him, the coins name
three of his officers. L. Plaetorius Cestianus is
unknown to history. L. Sestius, who strikes as pro
quaestore, is that attractive person, the devoted friend
of Brutus, to whom Horace addressed an ode (1.4),
and whom Augustus took into his favour. Casca
Longus is Servilius Casca : either Publius, who was
the first to strike at Caesar,1 or his brother Cains.2
Publius served as the legatus of Brutus, fought at
Philippi, and died soon afterwards. Cains, who was
also among the conspirators, was, like his brother,
present in the campaign of Philippi. The bronze
piece, No. 71, does not, strictly speaking, come into
the ordinary Roman series. From comparison with
other coins it is clear that it was struck in Macedon,
and probably at Pella or Thessalonica, shortly before
the campaign of Philippi.3
The types for the most part explain themselves.
The cap of liberty between the two daggers, with the
inscription commemorating the Ides of March, has an
extraordinarily modern flavour. The sacrificial instru-
ments on No. 70 must refer to some priestly office.
1 Cic. Phil. ii. 11; Pint. Caes. 66; Brut. 17,45; Cass. Dio, xliv. 52;
xlvi. 49.
2 Cic. ibid.; App. ii. 113 ; Cass. Dio, xliv. 52.
8 Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 60, No. 1.
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the campaign of Philippi; the others in 42, when he
was in Macedon. The name of Brutus, as the adopted
son of Q„ Servilius Caepio, has on No. 70 the official
form Q. Caepio Brutus. Besides him, the coins name
three of his officers. L. Plaetorius Cestianus is
unknown to history. L. Sestius, who strikes as pro
quaestore, is that attractive person, the devoted friend
of Brutus, to whom Horace addressed an ode (1.4),
and whom Augustus took into his favour. Casca
Longus is Servilius Casca : either Publius, who was
the first to strike at Caesar,1 or his brother Cains.2
Publius served as the legatus of Brutus, fought at
Philippi, and died soon afterwards. Cains, who was
also among the conspirators, was, like his brother,
present in the campaign of Philippi. The bronze
piece, No. 71, does not, strictly speaking, come into
the ordinary Roman series. From comparison with
other coins it is clear that it was struck in Macedon,
and probably at Pella or Thessalonica, shortly before
the campaign of Philippi.3
The types for the most part explain themselves.
The cap of liberty between the two daggers, with the
inscription commemorating the Ides of March, has an
extraordinarily modern flavour. The sacrificial instru-
ments on No. 70 must refer to some priestly office.
1 Cic. Phil. ii. 11; Pint. Caes. 66; Brut. 17,45; Cass. Dio, xliv. 52;
xlvi. 49.
2 Cic. ibid.; App. ii. 113 ; Cass. Dio, xliv. 52.
8 Imhoof-Blumer, Monnaies grecques, p. 60, No. 1.
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