Triton XVIII, Lot: 959. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.04 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; Pedanius Costa, legate. Laureate head of Apollo to right; LEG upward to left, COSTA downward to right / Trophy composed of cuirass, crested helmet, oval shield with incurved sides, and two crossed spears; IMP upward to left, BRVTVS downward to right. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4; Kestner 3775-6; BMCRR East 59-61; RBW 1778. Superb EF, lustrous.