347, Lot: 475. Estimate $400. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.48 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, lightly toned, minor porosity, banker’s mark on the reverse.