171, Lot: 305. Estimate $1000. Sold for $2050. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.86 g). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Simpulum between sacrificial axe and knife / Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. Good VF, toned.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection.