Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1310. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.79 g, 5h). Rome mint. SVLLA. COS before, bare head of Sulla right / Q. POM. RVFI before, RVFVS. COS behind, bare head of the consul Quintus Pompeius Rufus right. Crawford 434/1; Sydenham 908; Kestner 3490-3491; BMCRR Rome 3883-3884; Pompeia 4. Good VF, toned, obverse struck slightly off center, a light obverse cleaning scratch beyond the coin design at the lower right under tone, traces of porosity on the reverse. Wonderful Sulla portrait. ($750)

From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.