CNG 105, Lot: 719. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 4.01 g, 11h). 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. Good VF, lightly toned, struck on a small flan, some reverse deposits.

From the Collection of a Director. Reportedly ex Kunst und Münzen 14 (2 June 1975), lot 483.