The Tyrannicide Honoured

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1292. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. BRVTVS, simpulum between sacrificial axe and knife / Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. EF, lustrous, slight die shift on reverse. Bold strike and well centered.