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The inscription reads BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST, which means Brutus, Imperator, Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus. Lucius Plaetorius Cestianus was the moneyer who actually managed the mint workers who produced the coin.
Plaetorius Cestianus magistrate
L . PLAET . CEST BRVT IMP
Bare head of Brutus right
EID . MAR
Pileus between two daggers pointing downward, small R below pileus
20mm, 2.77g ...
On a denarius of the Cestia gens (p. 197), Cybčle is seated in a biga of lions. For a type of that goddess, as an emblem of Eternity, or rather Faustina senior represented, after death, under Cybčle's image, see p. 23, left hand col.
Plaetorius Cestianus, 67 BC, AR Denarius (3.67g). Cybele bust rt./Curule chair, RSC Plaetoria 3; Craw. 409/2. Near centered on oval flan, some legend off to left reverse, clear types, refers to the Megalesiaci Games, SCARCE, Very Fine....$195 Photo ...
 See also: Coin, Obverse, Revers, Reverse, Denarius
  
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