56, Lot: 106. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SEXTUS POMPEY MAGNUS, son of Pompey the Great. 42 BC. AR Denarius (3.51 gm). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Diademed head of Neptune right, trident behind / Naval trophy consisting of armor set on an anchor terminating in a trident, the pteryges ending in animal heads, the limbs in an acrostolium and aplustre. Crawford 511/2b; Sear CRI 333; Sydenham 1347; RSC 1. VF, a little weak on the periphery. Rare. ($500)