Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 967. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Brutus. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.53 gm, 1h). Military mint with Brutus and Cassius in the East. L Sestius, pro-quaestor. L. SESTI. PRO Q, veiled and draped bust of Libertas right, wearing pearl necklace / Q. CAEPIO BRVTVS PRO. COS, tripod between axe and simpulum. Crawford 502/2; CRI 201; Sydenham 1290; Kestner 3772; BMC East 41; RSC 11. Choice EF, an exceptional example. ($2000)