Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1307. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1590. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Sextus Pompey. 38-37 BC. AR Denarius (3.88 g, 11h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by statue of Neptune standing right, holding trident and rudder, left foot on prow; in foreground, galley left; aquila on prow; scepter in stern / The monster Scylla left, wielding a rudder as a club with both hands. Crawford 511/4a; CRI 335; Sydenham 1348; RSC 2; CNR 6/8 (this coin). VF, deeply toned.

From the Karl Sifferman Collection. Ex Hamburger 96 (25 October 1932), lot 506.