286, Lot: 306. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus. Early 42 BC. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 2.66 g, 11h). Imitating a military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Diademed head of Libertas right / Capis and lituus. For prototype: Crawford 500/3; CRI 221; Sydenham 1307; RSC 4a. Near VF, breaks in plating.