The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.88 g, 9h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Near EF.

CNG Feature Auction 127
Lot: 477.
Closing Date: Sep 18 2024 11:00 ET

Roman Republican, Silver

Estimate: $ 1 500

BID NOW

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 40-39 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.88 g, 9h). 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. Crawford 511/4c; CRI 335a; Sydenham 1348; RSC 2b; RBW 1786-7 var. (rev. legend). Deeply toned with some iridescence, minor areas of weakness and slightly off center. Near EF.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 127 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 17-18 September 2024. This lot is in Session Two, which will begin 17 September at 2 PM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.