Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 523. Estimate $2000. Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009. Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Brutus. Early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.68 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia. Draped bust of Apollo right; lyre before, C • FLAV • HEMIC• LEG • PRO • PR around / Trophy composed of helmet, cuirass, shield with incurved sides and two swords, being crowned with wreath by Victory standing left, holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder; Q • CAEP • in exergue, BRVT • to right, IMP • to left. Crawford 504/1; CRI 205; Sydenham 1294; Kestner 3774; BMCRR East 55-6; RSC 7. EF, hairline flan crack.