Triton XVI, Lot: 873. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. 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 Gnaeus Pompey Junior left; SEX • • MAGNVS S(AL) IMP around / Pietas standing left, holding palm frond in right hand and scepter in left; PIETAS down right. Crawford 477/2; Buttrey, Pietas Type 3 (dies 5/H); CRI 233; RSC 15 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1043; Kestner –; BMCRR Spain 94. Good Fine, toned, a few cleaning scratches and deposits on reverse. Extremely rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Lanz 138 (26 November 2007), lot 515.