448, Lot: 413. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Republicans. Brutus. Spring-early summer 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.56 g, 12h). Military mint traveling with Brutus in southwestern Asia Minor; L Sestius, proquaestor. Veiled and draped bust of Libertas right / Tripod; securis to left, simpulum to right. Crawford 502/2; CRI 201; Sydenham 1290; RSC 11; RBW 1768. Toned, bankers’ marks, traces of die rust on obverse. Fine.

Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange 99 (3 February 1998), lot 90.