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405, Lot: 388. Estimate $300.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.89 g, 4h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by statue of Neptune standing right, with foot on prow, holding trident and rudder; in foreground, galley to left, with aquila on prow and scepter, trident, and grappling-iron in stern / The monster Scylla left, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club with both hands. Cf. Crawford 511/4a-d; cf. CRI 335-335b; cf. Sydenham 1348-9; cf. RSC 2-3a. VF, lightly toned, struck on a compact flan.