Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 968. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEXTUS POMPEY, younger son of Pompey the Great. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.90 gm, 12h). Uncertain mint in Sicily. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, diademed head of Neptune right, beard in long curly locks; trident behind / [PRÆF CLAS] ET ORÆ. MARIT. EX S. C, naval trophy. Crawford 511/2a; CRI 333; Sydenham 1347 var. (MAG ligate); Kestner 3782; BMCRR East -; RSC 1b. Good VF, attractive dark toning, hairline flan crack. ($2000)

From the Claude Collection.