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CICF Signature Sale 3046 14-15 April 2016
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L. Cassius Longinus, Imperator and Assassin of Caesar (44-42 BC). AR denarius (22mm, 3.77 gm, 6h). Military mint moving with Brutus and Cassius, probably at Smyrna, early 42 BC. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. C · CASSI · IMP LEIBERTAS, veiled, diademed, and draped bust of Libertas right / LENTVLVS SPINT, jug and lituus. Crawford 500/5. CRI 223. Sydenham 1305. RSC 6. An incredible example of this rarity, surely the finest extant! Deeply struck on a huge flan and fully lustrous. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 4000-5500 USD
L. Cassius Longinus, Imperator and Assassin of Caesar (44-42 BC). AR denarius (22mm, 3.77 gm, 6h). Military mint moving with Brutus and Cassius, probably at Smyrna, early 42 BC. P. Lentulus Spinther, legate. C · CASSI · IMP LEIBERTAS, veiled, diademed, and draped bust of Libertas right / LENTVLVS SPINT, jug and lituus. Crawford 500/5. CRI 223. Sydenham 1305. RSC 6. An incredible example of this rarity, surely the finest extant! Deeply struck on a huge flan and fully lustrous. NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5.
Estimate: 4000-5500 USD