Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 518. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius Longinus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Filleted tripod surmounted by cortina (cauldron) and two laurel branches; C • CASSI IMP around / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/1; CRI 219; Sydenham 1308; Kestner -; BMCRR East 79; RSC 7. Superb EF, bold strike. Rare.