279, Lot: 414. Estimate $400. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Late summer-autumn 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.73 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius in Western Asia Minor or Northern Greece. Pedanius Costa, legate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Trophy, holding shield and crossed spears. Crawford 506/2; CRI 209; Sydenham 1296; RSC 4. VF, toned, some light porosity and scratches, banker’s mark on obverse, small metal flaw on reverse.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.