Triton XXII, Lot: 892. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.58 g, 12h). Rome mint. Curule chair flanked by arrow and laurel branch; Q • POMPEI • Q • F/RVFVS in two lines above, COS on tablet below / Curule chair flanked by lituus and wreath; SVLLA • COS above, [Q] POMPEI RVF on tablet below. Crawford 434/2; Sydenham 909; Pompeia 5; BMCRR Rome 3885-9; RBW 1545. EF, lightly toned with underlying luster, struck slightly off center.

From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex Cederlind BBS 119 (29 June 2000), lot 131.