CNG 108, Lot: 500. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Cassius Q.f. Longinus. 75 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Rome mint. Head of Bacchus (or Liber) right, wearing ivy wreath, with thyrsus over shoulder / Head of Libera left, wearing vine wreath. Crawford 386/1; Sydenham 779; Cassia 6; RBW 1419. Good VF, darkly toned, two bankers’ marks on reverse.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.