Triton XVI, Lot: 871. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.56 g, 3h). Corduba (Cordoba) mint. M. Minatius Sabinus, pro quaestor. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; CN • MAGNVS IMP around / Spanish city-goddess, wearing mural crown and holding caduceus in left hand, advancing right, presenting wreath she holds in right hand to Pompeian soldier in military outfit and holding spear in right hand, standing facing; to right, another city-goddess, wearing mural crown and holding trophy over left shoulder, advancing left PR • Q up right, M • MINAT/SABIN in two lines in exergue. Crawford 470/1c; CRI 50; RSC 11 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1038; Kestner –; BMCRR Spain 82-83. VF, toned, small test cut on edge. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Peus 393 (31 October 2007), lot 490.