228, Lot: 289. Estimate $150. Sold for $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius Longinus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.61 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Diademed head of Libertas right / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; Sydenham 1307; RSC 4. Fine, banker’s mark below chin, some minor cleaning scratches.

Libertas was a prominent feature on the coinage of the assassins of Caesar, who designated themselves “liberatores”, those who freed Rome from the indignity of monarchial rule.