Triton XVI, Lot: 925. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece. L. Plaetorius Cestianus, moneyer. Laureate, veiled, and draped female bust right, wearing
polos on top of her head; L • PLAET • CEST around left / Sacrificial ax and simpulum; BRVTVS below. Crawford 508/2; CRI 214; RSC 2; Sydenham 1300; Kestner 3780; BMCRR East 66-67. EF, toned, minor deposits. Rare.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 June 2008), lot 619.