Triton XVI, Lot: 860. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius. 49 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 2h). Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey. Diademed head of Apollo right; star below; Q • SICINIVS III • VIR around / Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin, scalp in profile right; arrow to left, bow to right; C • COPONIVS •P • R • S • C around. Crawford 444/1a; CRI 3; Sydenham 939; Kestner 3521-4; BMCRR East 24-8; Sicinia 1. EF, attractively toned, traces of underlying luster, a few light scratches under tone in field on reverse. Exceptional.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA V (2 December 2008), lot 191.