Rare Roman coin featuring Brutus sold at Geneva auction for almost €2m

Item bears a portrait of Julius Caesar’s assassin surround by a laurel wreath with war symbols on the reverse

A rare Roman coin featuring the portrait of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, has sold at a Geneva auction for €1.98m (£1.64m), according to the organiser Numismatica Genevensis.

The item was purchased by a “European collector following intense bidding among eight online bidders”, the dealer said in a statement.