The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.64 g, 11h). Uncertain Sicilian mint.

CNG Feature Auction 118
Lot: 922. Estimated: $ 4 000

Roman Republican, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 8 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.64 g, 11h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right, [M]AG • PIVS • IMP • ITER around / Neptune, naked but for chlamys on left arm, holding apluster and resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders; PRÆF above, [CL]AS • ET • ORÆ/[(MAR)IT • EX • S • C] in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Attractive cabinet tone with iridescence around the devices. EF. Fantastic portrait of Pompey the Great.

Ex Roma XVI (26 September 2018), lot 638.


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