CNG 85, Lot: 816. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.87 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul Q. Pompeius Rufus right / Bare head of Sulla right. Crawford 434/1; Sydenham 908; Pompeia 4. VF, toned, a little porous, minor deposits.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman.