Triton XVI, Lot: 859. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. Summer 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 11h). Ephesus mint. Head of Jupiter right, wearing long beard / Cult-image of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia facing; COS (MAR) up left, L • LENTVLVS down right. Crawford 445/3b; CRI 6; Sydenham 1031; Kestner 3532; BMCRR East 23; Cornelia 66. EF, lightly toned, slightly off center. Great metal. Extremely rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Varesi 51 (23 April 2008), lot 212; Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 527.