Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
                                     Estimate   US$11250 

[obverse]          [reverse]          42 BC, struck by M. Servilius,
                                      legate, Aureus, Military mint at
                                      Sardis, 7.85g. Cr-505/1,
                                      Syd-1311(R8!), Imperators-224. Obv:
                                      Laureate head of Libertas r. Rx:
                                      Apluster, branches terminating in
                                      flowers. Part of the rare, final
                                      coinage of Cassius. The apluster
                                      (the decorative extension of the
                                      stern post of a galley) symbolizes
                                      Cassius' victory over the Rhodian
                                      fleet the previous year. VF

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[From an H.J.Berk online auction, early 2001. Re-used by permission.]