448, Lot: 395. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.28 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in Greece; Varro, proquaestor. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter right / Vertical scepter between dolphin, on left, and eagle, on right. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3; RBW –. Darkly toned, rough surfaces, shallow edge test, a few shallow marks. Near VF.

Ex Coin Galleries (10 November 1998), lot 136.