CNG 112, Lot: 561. Estimate $750. Sold for $709. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Republicans. Brutus. Spring-early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.67 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia. Head of Libertas right / Lyre between quiver to left and laurel branch tied with fillet to right. Crawford 501/1; CRI 199; Sydenham 1287; RSC 5; cf. RBW 1767 (for type). Lightly toned, minor flan crack. Good VF.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex JD Collection (Part III, Numismatica Ars Classica 78, 26 May 2014), lot 497; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 385 (January 1977), lot 37 (CHF 1300); Münzen und Medaillen AG 52 (20 June 1975), lot 472 (hammer CHF 1300); Brunacci Collection (Santamaria, 24 February 1958), lot 739.