452, Lot: 716. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Moneyer issues of Imperatorial Rome. Albinus Bruti f. 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.91 g, 6h). Rome mint. Head of young Mars, with slight beard, wearing crested helmet / Two carnyces (Gallic trumpets) in saltire; oval shield above; round shield below. Crawford 450/1a; CRI 25; Sydenham 941; Postumia 11; Type as RBW 1576. Light iridescent toning, two parallel scratches on obverse. EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Ceresio 3 (Leu/Spink Zürich/NAC, 3 October 1992), lot 251 (hammer CHF 380).