Triton XVI, Lot: 919. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Republicans. Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.01 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Securis, simpulum, and secespita; BRVTVS below / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; Kestner 3770; BMCRR East 80-1; RSC 6. Choice EF, lustrous, just beginning to tone toward the edges.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Berk BBS 155 (31 July 2007), lot 210.