Triton XVI, Lot: 881. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.90 g, 10h). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catania. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right; [MAG PI]VS • IMP • ITER / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders; PRÆF above; [CLAS •] ET • ORÆ [•/(MAR)IT • EX • S • C] in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); Sydenham 1344; Kestner 3783; BMCRR Sicily 7. Good VF, toned. Struck on a compact flan.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection.