Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 965. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $880. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Servilius Caepio (M. Junius) Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.92 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Libertas right / The consul L. Junius Brutus walking left between two lictors, carrying axes over their shoulders, and preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; Junia 31a. Good VF, toned, some marks on obverse and a shallow scratch on reverse in exergue beneath tone. A well-centered reverse.