Harlan J. Berk, Ltd.
Estimate   US$11,250 
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

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