Triton XIX, Lot: 416. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus. Spring 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.63 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legatus. Tripod surmounted by
cortina and two laurel branches, fillet hanging on either side; C • CASSI upwards to left, IMP upward to right / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/1; CRI 219; Sydenham 1308; RSC 7; RBW 1761. EF, lightly toned, slightly off center on reverse.
From the J. Eric Engstrom Collection. Ex Stack’s Bowers Ponterio (5 August 2014), lot 380; Robert Harlick Collection (Jencek Historical Enterprise Inventory Y01341); Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 195 (10 September 2008), lot 241.