375, Lot: 674. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. Æ As (29mm, 14.89 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Laureate head of Janus with the features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus / Prow of galley right. Crawford 479/1; Martini,
Sextus Em. III, Group 1, Series A; CRI 336; Sydenham 1044. Good VF, dark gray-brown surfaces, some coppery hightlights, traces of porosity, some marks, flan flaw. Well struck.