80, Lot: 115. Estimate $300. Sold for $311. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CNAEUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS (Pompey the Great). 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.64 gm). Varro, Proquaestor in Greece. Diademed terminal bust of Jupiter right / Dolphin, sceptre, and eagle. Crawford 447/1a; CRI 8; Sydenham 1033; RSC 3. Near VF, cleaned.

Before the publication of CRI, most references placed the mint of the the denarii of Varro in Spain.