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Triton XVI, Lot: 874. Estimate $7500.
Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 44(?) BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.75 g, 7h). Uncertain Spanish mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; SEX MAG[N] PIVS IMP around / Pietas standing left, holding palm frond in right hand and scepter in left; PIETAS down right. Crawford 477/3b; Buttrey, Pietas Type 5 (dies 7/J); CRI 232c; RSC 12 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1041; Kestner –; BMCRR Spain, p. 370. Good VF, areas of light toning and weak strike. Extremely rare.


From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Berk 168 (16 March 2010), lot 212.