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87, Lot: 11. Estimate $100.
Sold for $126. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SEXTUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS, son of Pompey the Great. Circa 43-36 BC. AE As (30mm, 23.90 gm). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Laureate head of Janus with features of Pompeius Magnus / Prow of galley right. Crawford 479/1; RPC I 671; CRI 336; Sydenham 1044a. Near VF, brown surfaces, several flan flaws.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Thomas Ollive Mabbott Collection (Hans M.F. Schulman Gallery 70, 7-9 July 1970), lot 443.

While this type has traditionally been assigned to Spain during the period 45-44 BC, it is more likely that it was struck in Sicily after Sextus Pompey's arrival in 43 BC. Here, the edges are rounded unlike the straight edges of the pieces certainly struck in Spain, and the style of this issue varies considerably suggesting that several mints may have been involved in production.