The Ides of March Denarius of Brutus Coin Commemorating the Assassination of Julius Caesar, March 15th

In this picture is a rare golden coin commemorating the Ides of March assassination.

On the 15th of March, 44 BCE, infamously known as the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of senators in a conspiracy led by Marcus Junius Brutus and two other senators. Marcus Antonius, better known as Mark Antony, a Roman politician, general and relative of Julius Caesar sided with two other generals, Gaius Octavius and Marcus Lepidus, and defeated Caesar's killers in 42 BCE.

Known as the Second Triumvirate, they divided the government between themselves. Antony was assigned Rome's eastern provinces, including the province of Judea and the client kingdom of Egypt, then ruled by Cleopatra VII. Gaius Octavius would later change his name to Augustus.

​Josephus, Antiquities 14.10.9

‍Now after Caius (i.e. Julius Caesar) was slain, when Marcus Antonius, and Publius Dolabella, were consuls, they both assembled the senate and introduced Hyrcanus’s (High Priest of the Jews) ambassadors into it. They discussed their desires, and formed a league of friendship with them. The senate then decreed to grant them all they requested.