Triton XX, Lot: 561. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.96 g, 2h). Uncertain Greek mint; Terentius Varro, pro quaestor. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter Terminus right; VARRO • PRO • Q downward around left / Vertical scepter; to left, dolphin swimming right; to right, eagle standing left with wings folded; MAGN • PRO/COS in two lines in exergue. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; RSC 3; Sydenham 1033; Kestner 3534-3535; BMCRR Spain 64; RBW –. EF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.22554.