Triton XVI, Lot: 794. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.82 g, 2h). Rome mint. Young male head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right, with flowing hair; scepter behind / Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; lituus to left, capis to right; Q • CASSIVS in exergue. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Kestner 3471-2; BMCRR Rome 3868-70; Cassia 7. Near EF, toned, traces of earthen deposits on reverse.

From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Lanz 109 (27 May 2002), lot 259.