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253, Lot: 292. Estimate $250.
Sold for $545. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Spring 48 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.71 g, 6h). Mint in Greece. Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. Diademed and bearded head of Numa Pompilius right; NVMA on diadem / Prow right. Crawford 446/1; CRI 7; Sydenham 1032; RSC 4. VF, some porosity.


This coin was struck by Cn. Calpurnius Piso, who served as proquaestor to the Pompeian party in Spain during the war between Caesar and Pompey. The head of Numa Pompilius records the claim of the Calpurnia gens to be descended from Calpus, the son of Numa, while the prow on the reverse refers to the naval victories of Pompey over the pirates in 67 BC.