Exceptional Pompey Portrait
The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.75 g, 12h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint; Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; trident to right; below, dolphin right; NETVNI downward to left / Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left; Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great); Kestner 3697-8; BMCRR Sicily 21; RBW 1698. Deeply toned, two minor metal flaws on obverse. Near EF. Excellent portrait and exceptional galley.
