![]() It was called the number 1 coin in Harlan Berk's 2019 book, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins. The coin is roughly the size of the American nickel coin, and it is considered valuable and rare. Scarce gold version of the Eid Mar Varieties An interpretation of the coin's symbols is that the Roman state was liberated from slavery with the assassination of Caesar. The minting of the coin may also be a political statement or propaganda commissioned by the assassins of Caesar. The assassination of Caesar was not supported by the majority of Romans. The issuance of the coin suggests that the assassination was legitimized by the state, but it was not. ![]() The coins were ordered by Brutus and produced by Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus, possibly to pay Brutus' army. The coins were struck by a "military mint" which traveled with Brutus. The minting of the coins took place between 43 and 42 BC, coinciding with the Liberators' civil war. The daggers represent the weapons which were used to kill Julius Caesar. The pileus cap was a Roman symbol of freedom, and was often worn by recently freed slaves. EID MAR appears on the reverse below the daggers to commemorate the assassination of Caesar during the Ides of March. The reverse of the coin displays a pileus cap flanked by two daggers. The assassin Brutus appears on the coin's obverse with a bust of him, looking to the right. The coin was struck with the words EID MAR (short for Eidibus Martiis – on the Ides of March) to commemorate the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC. The coin is considered one of the rarest ancient Roman coins. Approximately 100 of the silver coins are known to exist, but only three of the gold examples have survived. The coin was minted in both silver and gold. It features a bust of Brutus, who was one of the assassins, on the obverse while the reverse features a pileus cap between two daggers. ![]() The coin was struck to celebrate the March 15, 44 BC, assassination of Julius Caesar. Of course a lot of this show is staged and Ilya probably just wanted to be on television and knew he would not sell the coin.The Ides of March coin, also known as the Denarius of Brutus or EID MAR, is a rare version of the denarius coin issued by Marcus Junius Brutus from 43 to 42 BC. So Rick offered $1,000 and Ilya said "is this a real offer? That's not a legitimate offer, you are just using your position here trying to buy something for below market value." He then lowered his asking price to $4,000 then $3,500. Ilya said "to me it seems almost ridiculous that someone would sell it for that." David said he was pricing it on what he had seen other examples sell for. The expert was David Vagi, who works at NGC and wrote the two volume set Coinage and History of the Roman Empire.ĭavid said that he thought the coin might be worth $1500. He asked $4,400 for the Caesar coin and the owner, Rick, called an expert. ![]() If you are not familiar with this guy, his tactic is to seriously overprice his coins then lower the price to make people think that they are getting a deal, when the coin is still usually very overpriced. The person selling the coin was Ilya Zlobin, the infamous eBay seller highrating_lowprice. There were some guests that many will be familiar with. I was watching an episode of Pawn Stars (S12 E34) which featured a Julius Caesar denarius.
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