Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 836. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004. Sold For $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SEXTUS POMPEY, son of Pompey the Great. 42 BC. AR Denarius (4.01 gm). Uncertain Sicilian mint. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, diademed head of Neptune right; trident behind / PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C, naval trophy. Crawford 511/2a; CRI 333; Sydenham 1347 var. (MAG ligate); BMCRR East -; RSC 1b. Toned, superb EF, light encrustation on reverse. Exceptional portrait. Scarce. [See color enlargement on plate 13] ($5000)
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 21 (17 May 2001), lot 309.