198, Lot: 274. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.87 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. Good VF, reverse slightly off-center, some roughness on both sides.