EID MAR Denarius of Brutus
- Maker
- Roman Republic (Brutus, military mint)
- Year
- 43-42 BC
- Rank
- 49 of 100
EID MAR Denarius of Brutus
EID MAR Denarius of Brutus by Roman Republic (Brutus, military mint) (43-42 BC) is ranked 49 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $720,000. The most famous ancient coin — struck by Brutus to celebrate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The most famous ancient coin — struck by Brutus to celebrate the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March.
AR silver denarius, EID MAR reverse with two daggers and pileus, NGC-certified Mint State
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $720,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
NGC-certified EID MAR silver denarius set a record at $720,000 (2020). (The $4.2M Roma 2020 EID MAR aureus is excluded — it was looted and repatriated to Greece in 2023.) Silver examples also sold $616,747 (Bruun Rasmussen) and $517,000 (LA, June).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08