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Beware the Ides of March (aka Eid Mar)!! Today is a non-Egypt post, but it\u2019s about something that is very special and meaningful to my Nonno. I wish you all could have seen his face light up every time he spoke about this coin and the history behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only did my Nonno love ancient Egypt and Rome, he had a passion for numismatics (the study of coins\/paper money). He particularly loved Roman coins, and knew so much about them. The coin pictured (which is a replica of the original and made into a necklace) was his absolute favorite. He would speak about this coin – The EID MAR Denarius – often; he even kept a picture of the coin in his wallet. That\u2019s how much he loved it. Nonno would often tell me and my sister about how Julius Caesar was murdered. It was a story he loved to share; talk about cool bedtime stories!!!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brutus on the obverse (front of the coin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Eid Mar with two daggers and the liberty cap on the reverse (back of the coin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On March 15th, 44 B.C.E, Brutus (on the obverse [front] of the coin) and his co-conspirators (who called themselves The Liberators) stabbed Julius Caesar over 30 times with daggers that they had hidden in their clothes. They believed that they would free the Roman Republic from the threat of tyranny if they could remove Julius Caesar from power. That was not the case – the public was fond of Caesar and even Marc Antony condemned Brutus and the Liberators\u2019 actions.  Brutus was forced to leave Rome with his army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The EID MAR coin is so historically significant and is considered the greatest ancient coin of all time because it proves the fact that Brutus was involved with the assassination of Julius Caesar. Brutus issued the coin to remind his soldiers that they fought for the Roman Republic. The reverse side of the coin has two daggers, with the liberty cap (ancient symbol of freedom) in the middle. EID MAR is written underneath. Interestingly, people who were still alive usually didn\u2019t appear on coins – in fact, Brutus hated that Caesar had put his own portrait on coins! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was Nonno\u2019s dream to own one of these coins, but there are only about 80 of the silver coins and two of the gold versions that are known, which makes them extremely valuable. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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