436, Lot: 477. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Rome mint. Bare head of the consul Q. Pompeius Rufus right / Bare head of Sulla right. Crawford 434/1; Sydenham 908; Pompeia 4; Type as RBW 1544. Good VF, toned with light iridescence. Rare.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Aureo & Calicó 224 (29 April 2010), lot 113.