Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 924. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (3.80 gm, 5h). Rome mint. SVLLA. COS before, bare head of Sulla right / RVFVS. COS behind, [Q. P]OM. RVFI before, bare head of the consul Quintus Pompeius Rufus right. Crawford 434/1; Sydenham 908; Kestner 3490; BMCRR Rome 3883; Pompeia 4. Good VF, toned, banker's mark on reverse, a few light scratches on obverse under tone. Wonderful Sulla portrait. ($500)

From the Claude Collection.