452, Lot: 719. Estimate $100. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. Æ As (31mm, 23.66 g, 5h). Corduba mint. Laureate head of Janus; I (mark of value) above / Prow of galley right; CN (MA)G above, I (mark of value) to right, [IMP] below. Crawford 471/1; CRI 53; Sydenham 1040; RPC I 486; Type as RBW 1646. Dark green patina, minor porosity. Good Fine.

From the Andrew McCabe Collection. Ex Solidus 15 (25 May 2017), lot 163 (part of).

By the standards of this appallingly made issue, this is an unusually complete coin. The lack of obverse details reflects lack of details on the die, rather than wear. [Andrew McCabe]