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1000 Tögrög Caesar vs. Brutus
| Issuer | Mongol Bank |
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| Year | 2025 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | A dramatic high-relief equestrian scene dominates the field, depicting a Roman general in full military attire — plumed helmet, lorica segmentata, and raised sword — astride a rearing horse atop rocky ground. Roman legionary standards (aquilae) and attending soldiers appear in the left background, while a military encampment with mountains is visible in the right field. In the upper right quarter, a circular cartouche framed by a beaded border contains the Mongol Bank soyombo emblem above the script inscription and the denomination '1000 ТӨГРӨГ', with the legend 'MONGOLIA 2 oz .9999 SILVER' below. Vertical Mongolian script (classical Uyghurjin) flanks the cartouche on either side, and the Roman numeral date 'MMXXV' appears in the lower right field. |
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| Obverse lettering | MongolBank ᠮᠤᠩᠭᠤᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ 1000 TӨГРӨГ MONGOLIA 2 oz .9999 SILVER MMXXV (Translation: MongolBank Monggol Ulus 1000 Tögrög 2025) |
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Mongolia has issued commemorative silver for decades under the Mongol Bank program, routinely licensing Western historical and pop-cultural subjects with little administrative friction — which explains how a landlocked Central Asian nation became one of the more prolific issuers of ancient Roman-themed coinage. This piece addresses one of antiquity's most documented political ruptures: the Ides of March conspiracy of 44 BC, in which Caesar's former ally Brutus led a senatorial faction of some twenty-three men.
Brutus issued his own coinage after the assassination — the famous "EID MAR" denarius, struck in 43–42 BC, is among the most historically charged coins of the ancient world. That precedent gives this modern issue an odd recursive quality.