314, Lot: 316. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.36 g, 6h). Corduba mint; Marcus Poblicius,
legatus pro praetore. Helmeted head of Roma right / Hispania standing right, shield on her back, holding two spears over shoulder and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on prow, armed with sword. Crawford 469/1a; CRI 48; Sydenham 1035; RSC 1 (Pompey the Great). Fine, toned, porous, edge chip, cleaning scratches, banker’s mark on obverse.