320, Lot: 339. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by statue of Neptune standing right, with foot on prow, holding trident and rudder; in foreground, galley to left, with aquila on prow and scepter, trident, and grappling-iron in stern / The monster Scylla left, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club with both hands. Crawford 511/4a; CRI 335; Sydenham 1348; RSC 2. Near VF, porous.

From the Simon Shipp Collection.