CNG 97, Lot: 612. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. C. Cassius Longinus. Summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.55 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Sardis; M. Servilius, legate. Laureate head of Libertas right / Aplustre, the branches terminating in flowers. Crawford 505/2; CRI 225; Sydenham 1312; RSC 9. Good VF, toned, some porosity, a pair of hairline flan cracks. Rare.