Watch List notes:

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.52 g, 6h). Mint in Greece; Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. Bearded head of Numa Pompilius, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA / Prow of galley right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; RSC 4 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1565. Toned with some light iridescence, minor deposits in the devices. Near EF.


From the Benito Collection. Ex Apostolo Zeno Collection (Dorotheum, 8 June 1956), lot 2809.