CNG 112, Lot: 545. Estimate $750. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius. 49 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.80 g, 9h). Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey; C. Coponius, praetor. Diademed head of Apollo right; star below / Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin, scalp in profile to right; arrow to left, bow to right. Crawford 444/1a; CRI 3; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1; RBW 1558. Attractively toned with some iridescence, metal flaw on obverse. EF. Fine style.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 844 (hammer $1200).