Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1235. Estimate $200. Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007. Sold For $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.87 g, 4h). Rome mint. Diademed and veiled head of Vesta right / Circular temple of Vesta, surmounted by figure holding patera and scepter; curule chair within; two-handled urn to left; raised tablet inscribed AC (
Absolvo Condemno) to right. Crawford 428/1; Sydenham 917; Cassia 9. Good VF, toned, scratch in field before face beneath tone.
Ex Moreira Collection (Superior Galleries, 31 May 1988), lot 1688.