Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1305. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.97 g, 8h). Rome mint. LIBERT to left, Q. CASSIVS before, head of Libertas right, wearing cruciform earring and necklace of pendants; hair in knot and in loose locks over forehead / Circular temple of Vesta, surmounted by figure holding sceptre and patera, curule chair within; two-handled urn to left, raised tablet inscribed AC (Absolvo Condemno) to right. Crawford 428/2; Sydenham 918; Kestner 3468-3470; BMCRR Rome 3875; CNR Cassia 28; Cassia 8. EF, light golden obverse toning. ($500)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.