343, Lot: 400. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.03 g, 12h). Rome mint. Young male head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right; scepter to left / Eagle with wings spread standing right on thunderbolt; lituus to left, capis to right. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7. Good VF, darkly toned, a few shallow marks under tone and traces of earthen deposits on obverse.

From the Colin Kirk Collection. Ex Karl Sifferman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 171, 22 August 2007), lot 228.