CNG 105, Lot: 721. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.00 g, 3h). Apollonia mint in Illyricum. Head of Apollo right, wearing long hair / Jupiter, nude, standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; star of eight rays above Q to left, garlanded altar to right. Crawford 445/2; CRI 5; Sydenham 1030; Cornelia 65. Good VF, deep iridescent toning.

From the Collection of a Director.