Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 619. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.85 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. L • PLAET • CEST behind, laureate, veiled, and draped female bust right, wearing polos on top of her head / BRVT • IMP below, sacrificial axe and simpulum. Crawford 508/2; CRI 214; Sydenham 1300; Kestner 3780; BMCRR East 66-67; RSC 2. EF, toned, minor deposits. Rare.

The final issue struck in the name of Brutus prior to the battle of Philippi.