Roman Republic Coin Set of 3 Coins

Product Description: This Roman Republic Coin Set of 3 Coins has reproduction coins of the Republic attached to the front of a card. The coins are a Denarius of Julius Caesar, a Denarius of Marcus Brutus and a Denarius of Mark Antony. Each coin was moulded directly from an original and is made from lead-free pewter. The coins are double-sided and are stuck onto the information card. The coin set has an image of a bust of Octavian on the front and historical information about the Roman Republic and the coins on the reverse.

Information: The Roman Republic describes the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government from 509 B.C.E. to 27 B.C.E. During this time coinage was struck by the various magistrates of the Roman Republic to be used as legal tender.

‘Gallic Arms’ denarius of Julius Caesar - This denarius was struck at the height of Julius Caesar’s campaign against Pompey and his allies, which climaxed on 9 August, 48 B.C when Caesar defeated Pompey at the battle of Pharsalus. This design not only celebrates his success in the Gallic Wars, which culminated in the capture of Vercingetorix, the celebrated chieftain of the Arveni, but it diverts attention from Caesar’s less honourable civil war against his fellow Roman Pompey.

‘Ides of March’ denarius of Marcus Brutus’ - Arguably the most famous Roman coin in existence. A group of Senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus attacked the Dictator (Julius Caesar) during a senate meeting and stabbed him to death. The coin was struck in 42 BC at a military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece to celebrate the assassination of Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 BC.

Denarius of Mark Anthony & Cleopatra - On September 2, 31 B.C.E, Octavian, the great-nephew and posthumously adopted son of Julius Caesar, defeated the fleets of Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII at the Battle of Actium. Antony and Cleopatra escaped but a year later, after defeat at Alexandria, they committed suicide.

Octavian - who would become “Augustus” and the first Roman Emperor in 27 B.C.E thus ending the rule of the Roman Republic.