Monday 18 July 2011

"Et tu, Brute?"

even you, Brutus?
is perhaps the most widely acknowledge meaning to the phrase, also, 'and you, Brutus?', 'you too, Brutus?', 'thou too, Brutus?' or 'and thou, Brutus?, could also be translated from the quote, well another contender for the meaning is 'you, too, my child?' spoken by Brutus as he was reproached in Greek, all of this made more famous when the 'Ides of March' - March 15, 42 BC. coin comes up for sale in the Long Beach Signature World and Ancient Coins auction in Beverly Hills, in California, on September 7, David Michaels, from auctioneer Heritage Auctions, said: 'the Ides of March was struck in 42 BC and this is one of the finest known examples of this historic rarity, it is the only Roman coin to openly celebrate an act of murder and to mention a specific date,'

it is extremely rare because Mark Antony and Octavian - who later defeated Brutus in battle - had the coins recalled and melted down, so if you want one for your collection, the guide price is about £300,000, if it goes for more than £314,000 it will beat the record price for a Roman silver coin, now where is my metal detector? I must get it ready for next years trip to the UK!

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