Triton XXII, Lot: 952. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.72 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; Pedanius Costa, legate. Laureate head of Apollo right; LEG upward to left, COSTA downward to right / Trophy composed of cuirass, crested helmet, oval shield with incurved sides, and two crossed spears; IMP upward to left, BRVTVS downward to right. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4; BMCRR East 59-61; RBW 1778. EF, underlying luster, struck slightly off center.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection, purchased from Harlan J. Berk.