Lot 512
Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Great), Silver Denarius, 3.75g, 6h. Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Great), Silver Denarius, 3.75g, 6h. Minted in Sicily, struck 42-40 BC. [M]AG PIVS IMP ITER, head of Pompey the Great facing right, a jug behind, a lituus before. Rev. [PRAEF] / CLAS ET ORAE / MARIT EX SC, Neptune standing left, his right foot on a prow, holding aplustre, the Catanean brothers stand on either side, each bearing a parent on his shoudlers (Crawford 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; RBW 1785; RCV 1392). With an excellent portrait of Pompey the Great, struck on good metal, a little soft in part otherwise about extremely fine, in a very good state of preservation.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex Noble Numismatics, Sale 98, 22-25 November 2011, lot 5273.
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