Triton XVI, Lot: 869. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (21mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Corduba (Cordoba) mint. M. Poblicius, legatus pro praetore. Helmeted head of Roma right; M • POBLICI • LEG • PRO PR around / Hispania standing right, shield on her back, holding two spears and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on large prow, armed with sword; CN • MAGN VS • IMP around lower right. Crawford 469/1c; CRI 48; RSC 1 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1035; cf. Kestner 3645-3646; BMCRR Spain 72. EF, lightly toned. Struck on a broad flan.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Lanz 148 (4 January 2010), lot 69 (where it realized $4750).