Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1353. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Imperatorial Issues] BRUTUS. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.60 g, 12h). 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 (plate CXI, 5, same obverse die); RSC 11. EF, shallow obverse cleaning scratches, a tiny dig on the neck, traces of horn silver, reverse slightly off center. ($1500)