Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 922. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

M. Junius Brutus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.99 gm, 6h). Rome mint. LIBERTAS behind, head of Libertas right, hair rolled back, collected into a knot behind, and falling over her neck, wearing cruciform earring and necklace of pendants / BRVTVS in exergue, the consul L. Junius Brutus walking left, between two lictors, carrying axes over their shoulders, and preceded by an accensus. Crawford 433/1; Sydenham 906a; Kestner 3483; BMCRR Rome 3862; CNR Iunia 41; Junia 31a. EF, lightly toned. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.