Nomos AG > obolos 31Auction date: 21 April 2024
Lot number: 577

Price realized: 1,300 CHF   (Approx. 1,425 USD / 1,338 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), 48 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.92 g, 1 h), military mint moving with Pompey in Greece, M. Terentius Varro, proquaestor. VARRO•PRO-Q Terminal bust of Jupiter to right, wearing diadem. Rev. MAGN PRO / COS Long sceptre upright, flanked by dolphin on the left and eagle on the right. Babelon (Terentia) 15 and (Pompeia) 7. Crawford 447/1a. RBW - (but cf. 1566). Sydenham 1033. Woytek, Arma et Nummi, p. 558 (for date). Very rare. Good very fine.

From a Swiss collection, ex Artemide LVI, 23 October 2023, 304.

Starting price: 1000 CHF