Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 489. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.81 g, 8h). Rome mint. Head of Libertas right, wearing cruciform earring and necklace of pendants, hair in knot, and in loose locks over forehead, jewels in hair; LIBERT behind, Q • CASSIVS before / Temple of Vesta: hexastyle temple with conical roof surmounted by figure holding patera in right hand and scepter in left, curule chair within; two-handled urn to left, raised tablet inscribed [A]C (Absolvo Condemno) to right. Crawford 428/2; Sydenham 918; Kestner 3468-70; BMCRR Rome 3873-4; Cassia 8. Near EF, toned, a few light scratches on reverse.