Triton XVI, Lot: 872. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 44(?) BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 3h). Uncertain Spanish mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; SEX MAGN IMP SAL around / Pietas standing left, holding palm frond in right hand and scepter in left; [P]IETAS down right. Crawford 477/1b; Buttrey, Pietas Type 2 (dies 4/G); CRI 232a; RSC 14 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1042; Kestner –; BMCRR Spain 93. Good VF, lightly toned.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 937.