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The portrait can be identified confidently as that of Marcus Junius Brutus, one of Julius Caesar's assassins in 44 B.C., both because of its similarity to coins he issued and because the intaglio depicts a tiny dagger, the weapon that he used to stab the dictator to death.
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Title: Garnet intaglio of Brutus
Period: Late Republican
Date: ca. 43–42 BCE
Culture: Roman
Medium: Carnelian-Garnet ?
Dimensions: H.: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Classification: Gems
Credit Line: Gift of Rupert L. Joseph, 1948
Accession Number: 48.12.1
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