Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 602. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Cassius Longinus. 55 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 g, 11h). Rome mint. Head of Bonus Eventus (or Genius Populi Romani?) right with flowing hair; scepter behind / Q • CASSIVS below, eagle, with wings spread, standing right on thunderbolt; on left, lituus right; on right, capis right. Crawford 328/3; Sydenham 916; Kestner 3471-3472; BMCRR Rome 3868-3870; Cassia 7. Near EF, gold, gray, and iridescent toning. Excellent silver quality.