Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 296. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.77 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Securis, simpulum, and secespita; BRVTVS below / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; Kestner 3770; BMCRR East 80-1; RSC 6. EF, bright surfaces, some die rust and shallow scratches.