Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 957. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.75 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, moneyer. Securis, simpulum, and secespita / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. EF, bright surfaces, minor die rust. Both sides are well centered.