page_title: Publius Servilius Casca
section_title: Dramatic depictions
hierarchical_section_title: Publius Servilius Casca / Dramatic depictions
caption_attribution_description: Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AV Aureus (8.01 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. P. Servilius Casca Longus, moneyer. Bare head of Brutus right, wearing short beard; BRVTVS behind, IMP before; all within laurel wreath / A combined military and naval trophy, consisting of a cuirass, a crested helmet on the top, a curved sword and two crossed spears on the left arm, and an oval shield with incurved sides on the right, set on a post made from a tree trunk; at base, two prows, two shields, and a rudder; on left, between the two spears, the letter L (= Libertas or Lycia); CASCA on left, LONGVS on right. Crawford 507/1b (same obv. die as illustration); CRI 211; Bahrfeldt 65b; Calicó 56; Sydenham 1297 (same obv. die as illustration); Kestner -; BMCRR East 62 (same obv. die); CNR 7 = Hess-Leu 1961, lot 14 (same dies); Junia 46 and Servilia 37; Kent &amp; Hirmer 99 (same obv. die). A coin of great beauty, with a superb high relief portrait, boldly struck from fresh dies. Undoubtedly the finest known portrait of Brutus in gold. One of 17 examples known of this issue (of which eight are in museums), the earliest known strike from this obverse die.
context_page_description: Publius Servilius Casca Longus was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. He and several other senators conspired to kill him, a plan which they carried out on 15 March, 44 BC. Afterwards, Casca fought with the liberators during the Liberators' civil war. He is believed to have died by suicide after their defeat at the Battle of Philippi in 42 BC.
context_section_description: He is called "envious Casca" by Mark Antony in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar (1599):
  "See what a rent the envious Casca made". The two words became the title of a mystery novel by Georgette Heyer.
  In the 1934 film Cleopatra, Casca is portrayed by Edwin Maxwell.
  In the 1937–38 Mercury Theatre stage production Caesar, Publius was played by Joseph Cotten.
  In the 1953 film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Casca is portrayed by Edmond O'Brien.
  In the 1963 film Cleopatra, Casca is portrayed by Carroll O'Connor.
  In the 1970 film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Casca is portrayed by Robert Vaughn.
  In the 1999 miniseries  Cleopatra, Casca is portrayed by David Schofield.
  In the TV series Rome (2005–07), Servilius Casca is portrayed by Peter Gevisser.
caption: A coin celebrating Casca and Brutus
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