Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 519. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius Longinus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (4.19 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Diademed head of Libertas right, wearing earring and pearl necklace / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; Sydenham 1307; Kestner 3767; BMCRR East 77; RSC 4. Superb EF. Bold strike on both sides.