Triton XVI, Lot: 879. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.91 g, 3h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder; MAG PI VS IMP ITER around / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base; PRÆF • CLAS ET O R Æ MARIT EX S C] around. Crawford 511/2a; CRI 333; RSC 1a; Sydenham 1347; Kestner 3782; BMCRR Sicily 15. Near EF, toned.
From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica Q (6 April 2006), lot 1594.