187, Lot: 215. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna; P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Tripod with fillet hanging on either side, surmounted by cortina (cauldron) and two laurel branches / Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/1; CRI 219; Sydenham 1308; RSC 7. EF, obverse off center. Once considered very rare, but more are now on the market. Still quite scarce.