436, Lot: 500. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.75 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right; scepter to left / Eagle with wings spread standing right on winged thunderbolt; lituus to left, capis to right. Crawford 428/3; Sydenham 916; Cassia 7. Choice EF, a hint of toning.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Goldberg [5] (7 June 2000), lot 3481.