421, Lot: 585. Estimate $150. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.83 g, 5h). Rome mint. Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right; scepter to left / Eagle with wings spread standing right on thunderbolt; lituus to left, capis to right. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7; RBW 1535. Good VF, lightly toned, banker’s mark on obverse.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.