Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 935. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CNAEUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS (Pompey the Great). 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.94 gm, 12h). Mint in Greece. CN. PISO. PRO. Q behind, diademed and bearded head of Numa Pompilius right; NVMA on diadem / MAGN above, PRO. CO[S] below; prow right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; Kestner 3533; BMCRR Spain 62; RSC 4. Superb EF, bold portrait on a slightly oval flan. ($1500)

From the Claude Collection.