Triton XVI, Lot: 870. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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 • P[OBLICI • ]LEG • PRO PR around / Hispania standing right, shield on her back, holding two spears and presenting large palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on large prow, armed with sword; CN • MAG NVS • IMP around lower right. Crawford 469/1e; CRI 48a; RSC 1a (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1035a; Kestner –; BMCRR Spain 75. EF, lightly toned, areas of weak strike.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Triton V (15 January 2002), lot 1832.