Triton XVII, Lot: 548. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Rome mint. Young male head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right, with flowing hair; scepter to left / Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; lituus to left, capis to right; Q • CASSIVS below. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Kestner 3471-2; BMCRR Rome 3868-70; Cassia 7. EF, toned, traces of die rust.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24814.