367, Lot: 420. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Circa Spring 48 BC or later. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.81 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation from an uncertain Greek mint. Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. VARRO 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, some light porosity.