Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 1622. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $2350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (4.09 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Sacrificial axe, simpulum, and knife / Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. EF. Well centered and well struck on both sides.