Triton XVI, Lot: 857. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.81 g, 2h). Military mint in the East. Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; ear of grain between each leg / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left; harpa to right; [L]E(NT) (MAR) up left, COS up right. Crawford 445/1a; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Kestner 3528; BMCRR Sicily 3; Cornelia 64. Near EF, lightly toned with traces of underlying luster, areas of minor weak strike.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica R (17 May 2007), lot 1345.