424, Lot: 333. Estimate $300. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (20mm, 3.62 g, 6h). Corduba mint; Marcus Poblicius,
legatus pro praetore. Helmeted head of Roma right within border of dots / Hispania standing right, shield on her back, holding two spears over shoulder and presenting palm frond to Pompeian soldier standing left on prow, armed with sword. Crawford 469/1e; CRI 48a; Sydenham 1035a; RSC 1a (Pompey the Great). VF, toned, flat strike on obverse, minor reverse die break.