265, Lot: 322. Estimate $500. Sold for $607. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Spring-early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Military mint with Brutus and Cassius in the East. L Sestius, pro-quaestor. Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right / Tripod; axe and simpulum flanking. Crawford 502/2; CRI 201; Sydenham 1290; RSC 11. VF, toned, banker’s mark on obverse, a few shallow test cuts on edge.

Ex Gordon S. Parry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 79, 17 September 2008), lot 1028.