Template:Did you know nominations/Ides of March Coin

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:08, 11 March 2022 (UTC)

Ides of March Coin

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Ides of March Coin (reverse)

• ... that a version of the Ides of March Coin (pictured) commemorating the March 15 assassination of Julius Caesar recently sold for £3,240,000? Source: "The coin is famous for the act it commemorates, as well as the irony of the image on the obverse... he “Ides of March” Roman coin — sold for £3,240,000 ($4,188,393 U.S.) on Oct. 29, a record price for any ancient coin."
  • ALT1: ... that the Ides of March Coin (pictured) was struck to celebrate an assassination and an assassin? Source: "An ultra-rare coin celebrating Julius Caesar's assassination... features a portrait of Marcus Junius Brutus -- one of the ringleaders in the assassination of Caesar in 44 BC."
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Dorking Cockerel
  • Comment: If approved I am hoping it can be held for March 15. Also there are other free photos in commons, but I thought the two daggers were representative of the hooks

Created by Bruxton (talk). Self-nominated at 03:59, 10 March 2022 (UTC).

• Hi Bruxton, review follows: article created 10 March; exceeds minimum length and is well written; sources used are reliable and citations are inline; I didn't find any overly close paraphrasing from the sources I could access; hooks are interesting, mentioned in the article and check out to the source cited, I amended the currency to pounds as it appears the sale was made in London and is shown in pounds in the source; image is good and freely licensed; a QPQ has been carried out. Looks good to me - Dumelow (talk) 09:23, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Thanks @Dumelow: I hope you can tick it, and then a promoter may have time to consider running it for 5 days from now. Bruxton (talk) 14:20, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

Sorry Bruxton, tick now added. Forgot to consider the special occasion but it is eminently suitable, I'll leave a note at the DYK talk to see if it can be slotted in - Dumelow (talk) 15:00, 10 March 2022 (UTC)

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