379, Lot: 349. Estimate $150. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.52 g, 11h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Securis, simpulum, and secespita / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6. Fine, toned, heavily corroded.