42 BC BRUTIS ROMAN DENARIUS GRADED VG BY NGC.  OBVERSE: LIKENESS OF BRUTIS WITH "BRVTVS"  APPEARING BEHIND.  REVERSE:  C. SERVILLIUS AHALA WITH "AHALA" SIMILIARILY BEHIND.  THIS IS A GREAT EXAMP[LE OF THE COIN WITH FULL DETAIL AND PERFECT SURFACES.  BRUTUS AND AHALA WERE  CONTEMPORARY ROMAN POLITICIANS WHO OPPOSED CAESARS OVEREACHING AMBITION AND TOOK PART IN HIS ASSINATION IN 44 BC.  INTERESTINGLY. BOTH HAD ANCESTORS (L. JUNIUS BRUTUS AND C. SERVILLIUS AHALA) WHO ROSE UP TO OVERTHROW THE LAST KING OF ROME IN 510 BC LEADING TO THE FORMATION OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC.  IN A NEW SLAB.