Exceptional Denarius of Brutus

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1295. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.88 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia. Draped bust of Apollo right; lyre before / Victory standing left, crowning trophy with wreath and holding palm branch. Crawford 504/1; CRI 205; Sydenham 1294; RSC 7. EF, Gorgeous deep gray and gold toning. Very rare.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.