373, Lot: 331. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.76 g, 12h). Uncertain Greek mint. Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter Terminus right / Vertical scepter; to left, dolphin swimming right; to right, eagle standing left with wings folded. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. VF, toned, banker’s marks on the obverse. Nice metal for issue.

From the Byron Schieber Collection.