| Heritage World Coin Auctions > CSNS Signature Sale 3115 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: Ancients C. Cassius Longinus, Imperator and Assassin of Caesar (44-42 BC), with P. Lentulus Spinther, as Legate. AV aureus (21mm, 7.70 gm, 5h). NGC VF 5/5 - 3/5, edge smoothing. Military mint traveling with Brutus and Cassius, probably at Smyrna, early 42 BC. C•CASSI•IMP-LEIBERTAS, head of Libertas right, wearing stephane, pendant earring, and beaded necklace, hair rolled and pulled into chignon at nape, some loose curls behind / LENTVLVS / SPINT, oenochoe (on left), and lituus (on right), both turned inward. Calicó 65. Crawford 500/2. Sydenham 1306. Cassia 15. Lovely specimen with charming amber toning. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther and M. Servilius were joint legates to Cassius and Brutus, and both issued coins in the names of their generals. Lentulus Spinther assumed the toga virilis and was elected to the college of augurs, in 57 BC. After Caesar's murder, he joined Cassius and Brutus and was probably killed at Philippi. The reverse type of this coin refers to Lentulus' appointment to the college of augurs, and is one of the few instances in imperatorial coinage in which a moneyer used a reverse type that was personal to himself. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/roman-republic/ancients-c-cassius-longinus-imperator-and-assassin-of-caesar-44-42-bc-with-p-lentulus-spinther-as-legate-av-a/a/3115-31044.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3115-05082024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-12000 USD |  |
