CNG 109, Lot: 563. Estimate $500. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.01 g, 6h). Uncertain Greek mint; Cn. Calpurnius Piso, pro quaestor. Head of Numa Pompilius right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA / Prow of quinquereme right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; RSC 4; RBW. Good VF, toned, reverse slightly double struck.

From the WRG Collection. Ex Leo Benz Collection (Lanz 88, 23 November 1998), lot 738.