CNG 108, Lot: 547. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.84 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in western Asia Minor or northern Greece; Pedanius Costa, legatus. Laureate head of Apollo right / Trophy of arms. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4; RBW 1778. EF, attractive iridescent tone.

From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection.