CNG 90, Lot: 1374. Estimate $1000. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Mint in Greece. Diademed and bearded head of Numa Pompilius right; NVMA on diadem / Prow right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; RSC 4 (Pompey the Great). Good VF, toned, slightly granular surfaces, a few trivial marks under tone, die breaks on reverse.

From the Bruce R. Brace Collection, purchased from George Beach, 1985.