397, Lot: 440. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. Æ As (30mm, 18.83 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Laureate head of Janus with the features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus / Prow of quinquereme right. Crawford 479/1; CRI 336; Sydenham 1044; RPC I 671. VF, green patina with patches of reddish-brown.

From the Douglas O. Rosenberg Collection, purchased from Nilus Coins, 2009.