436, Lot: 482. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.95 g, 5h). Corduba mint; Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore. Helmeted head of Roma right within bead and reel border / 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 469/1a; CRI 48; Sydenham 1035; RSC 1 (Pompey the Great); RBW –. Good VF, lightly toned. Well struck and centered.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection.