Spanish Support of the Pompeian Cause

294, Lot: 578. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Cnaeus Pompey Jr. Summer 46-Spring 45 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.66 g, 6h). Corduba (Cordoba) mint; M. Minatius Sabinus, proquaestor. Bare head of Pompey the Great right / Soldier standing right, looking back toward Spanish city-goddess standing right; before, a second city-goddess kneeling left, presenting shield. Buttrey Type B, dies 1/–; Crawford 470/1b; CRI 52; Sydenham 1037; RSC 9a (Pompey the Great). VF, darkly toned, porous. Very rare.

From the Goldman Roman Imperatorial Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 54 (24 March 2010), lot 966.

This type was likely issued shortly before the Battle of Munda. It is part of a series of denarii struck under M. Minatius Sabinus advertising the support of the Spanish cities for the Pompeian cause.