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CNG 88, Lot: 1183. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.85 g, 3h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint. Q. Nasidius, praefectus classis. Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus right; trident before; below, dolphin right; NEPTVNI behind / Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left, Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great). Near VF, attractive old toning, small repair on edge, hairline flan crack.


From the Sierra Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 1349.