56, Lot: 89. Estimate $100. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Cassius Longinus. 60 BC. AR Denarius (3.93 gm). Draped and veiled bust of Vesta right; kylix behind, I before / Togate male figure standing left, dropping tablet inscribed V into cista; LONGIN. III. V behind. Crawford 413/1; Sydenham 935; Cassia 10. EF, obverse slightly off center. ($100)

L. Cassius Longinus was the younger brother of C. Cassius, one of the murderers of Julius Caesar. The tablet marked V was used in Rome to cast a favorable vote on legislation; taken in conjunction with the head of Vesta on the obverse, this coin refers to the law of 113 which set up a special commission, presided over by L. Cassius Longinus Ravilla, for the trial of three delinquent Vestal Virgins.