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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and apluster in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base. Crawford 511/2b; CRI 333; Sydenham 1347; RSC 1a; cf. RBW 1784 (for type). Attractive cabinet toning. Near EF.
From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Andrew McCabe Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 112, 11 September 2019), lot 547; Student and His Mentor Collection (Part II, Numismatica Ars Classica 73, 18 November 2013), lot 239; Sternberg VII (24 November 1977), lot 470; Numismatic Fine Arts II (25 March 1976), lot 363.
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