Triton XVII, Lot: 590. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.57 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in Lycia. Draped bust of Apollo right; lyre to right; C • FLAV • HEMIC • LEG • PRO • PR • around / Trophy composed of helmet, cuirass, shield with incurved sides, and two swords, being crowned with wreath by Victory standing left, holding palm frond in left hand over left shoulder; Q • CAEP • in exergue, BRVT • upwards to right, IMP • downwards to left. Crawford 504/1; CRI 205; Sydenham 1294; Kestner 3774; BMCRR East 55-6; RSC 7. Near VF, darkly toned, flan crack, areas of minor porosity, traces of deposits.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12801.