279, Lot: 380. Estimate $100. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.99 g, 12h). Rome mint. Curule chair flanked by arrow and laurel branch / Curule chair flanked by lituus and [wreath]. Crawford 434/2; Sydenham 909; Pompeia 5. Good VF, attractive iridescent toning, reverse struck slightly off center. Sharply struck from fresh dies.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection.