Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 932. Estimate $150.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.84 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right; scepter behind / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; lituus on left, capis on right. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7. VF, deeply toned, areas of flat strike and earthen deposits, scratches beneath tone.