452, Lot: 723. Estimate $750. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Early 42 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.87 g, 12h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legatus. Emblems of the pontificate: securis, simpulum, and secespita; BRVTVS below / Capis and lituus; LENTVLVS/SPINT in two lines below. Crawford 500/7; CRI 198; Sydenham 1310; RSC 6; Type as RBW 1766. Toned with a bit of iridescence, obverse struck off center. Good VF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Z.P. Collection (Austria, before 2017) (Roma XVI, 26 September 2018), lot 620; Roma XIII (23 March 2017), lot 631.

This coin has old toning and wear indicating it is not from the large group of uncirculated coins marketed in the mid 2000s, and may well have an old provenance. [Andrew McCabe]