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Long Beach Signature Sale 3042 Online Sess. 21-22 Sep 2015
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Sextus Pompey as Imperator and Master of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (3.39 gm). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana, 42-40 BC. Bare head of Pompey the Great right between lituus and capis / Neptune standing left, foot on prow, between the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. Sydenham 1344. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Toning over rather rough surfaces in spots, areas of smoothing, but an excellent portrait of the elder Pompey. NGC (as Pompey Magnus) Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Ex BVH Collection (Heritage Long Beach 3015, 7 September 2011), lot 23264; CNG Eauction 147 (6 September 2006), lot 177.
Estimate: 500-700 USD
Sextus Pompey as Imperator and Master of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (3.39 gm). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana, 42-40 BC. Bare head of Pompey the Great right between lituus and capis / Neptune standing left, foot on prow, between the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. Sydenham 1344. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Toning over rather rough surfaces in spots, areas of smoothing, but an excellent portrait of the elder Pompey. NGC (as Pompey Magnus) Choice VF 4/5 - 2/5, smoothing. Ex BVH Collection (Heritage Long Beach 3015, 7 September 2011), lot 23264; CNG Eauction 147 (6 September 2006), lot 177.
Estimate: 500-700 USD