CNG 112, Lot: 547. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base. Crawford 511/2b; CRI 333; RSC 1a; Sydenham 1347; cf. RBW 1784 (for type). Attractive cabinet toning. Near EF.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Student and His Mentor Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 73, 18 November 2013), lot 239; Sternberg VII (24 November 1977), lot 470; Numismatic Fine Arts II (25 March 1976), lot 363 (hammer $1000).