Triton XX, Lot: 578. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Republicans. Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 11h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legatus. Emblems of the pontificate: securis, simpulum, and secespita; BRVTVS below / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; RSC 6; Sydenham 1310; Kestner 3770; BMCRR East 80-1; RBW. Superb EF, hint of die rust, struck with slightly worn dies.