290, Lot: 324. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Spring-early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.49 g, 1h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia. Bare head of Libertas right / Plectrum, lyre, and laurel branch tied with fillet. Crawford 501/1; CRI 199; Sydenham 1287; RSC 5. Near VF, a few punches on the obverse, reverse off center.

From the R. D. Frederick Collection.