Triton XX, Lot: 536. Estimate $400. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.88 g, 11h). Rome mint. Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right with flowing hair; scepter to left / Eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; on left, lituus right; on right, capis right; Q • CASSIVS below. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7; Kestner 3471-3472; BMCRR Rome 3868-3870; RBW 1535. Near EF, gold, gray, and iridescent toning. Excellent silver quality.
From the Kallman Collection. Ex Triton XI (8 January 2008), lot 602.