448, Lot: 410. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus. Spring 42 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.61 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Diademed head of Libertas right / Capis and lituus. Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; Sydenham 1307; RSC 4a; RBW 1762. Toned, bankers’ marks, a couple of flan flaws, scratch under tone on reverse. Near VF.

Ex Berk BBS 108 (12 May 1999), lot 294.