Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 704. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CNAEUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS (Pompey the Great). 49-48 BC. AR Denarius (3.79 g, 7h). Mint in Greece; C. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. Diademed and bearded head of Numa Pompilius right; NVMA on diadem / Prow of galley right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; RSC 4. VF, light toning, minor porosity. ($500)