Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1309. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $585. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

[Roman Moneyer Issues] Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 BC. AR Denarius (4.03 g, 6h). Rome mint. SVLLA[. COS] before, bare head of Sulla right / RVFVS. COS behind, [Q. POM]. 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, lustrous, struck slightly off center, minor flan flaw on jaw below Sulla's ear. ($750)

The concave appearance of the side with Sulla’s portrait suggests it is the coin’s reverse and that with Rufus’ portrait the obverse.