227, Lot: 427. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius Longinus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Tripod surmounted by cortina and two laurel branches, fillet hanging on either side / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/1; CRI 219; Sydenham 1308; RSC 7. EF.

The obverse of this rare denarius closely copies the reverse of the aureus struck by M. Aquinius, and was probably minted on the occasion of the meeting in Smyrna between Cassius and Brutus. The capis and lituus, symbols of the pontificate, recall Spinther’s election to that college in 57 BC.