316, Lot: 249. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Roman Republican. Uncertain Tribe. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.57 g, 12h). After an issue of Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) from an uncertain Greek mint, Spring 48 BC. Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. VAR•RO PRO Q, terminal bust of Jupiter right, wearing diadem / Vertical scepter; to left, dolphin swimming right; to right, eagle standing left with wings folded; MAGИ PRO/ COS in two lines in exergue. For prototype: Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. VF, light roughness on reverse.