Choice Cnaeus Pompey Junior Denarius

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 921. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Cnaeus Pompey Jr. 46-45 BC. AR Denarius (3.96 g, 9h). Corduba mint. Helmeted head of Roma right / Female figure standing right, shield slung on back and holding two spears, giving palm-branch to soldier standing left on small prow. Crawford 469/1a; CRI 48; Sydenham 1035; RSC 1 (Pompey the Great). Good VF, beautiful deep gray and gold toning, faint graffiti on reverse. Well centered and boldly struck on a round flan. Exceptional.