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Auction 99  4 May 2016
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Lot 269

Estimate: 1400 GBP
Price realized: 2200 GBP
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THE ALFRED FRANKLIN COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN SILVER AND BRONZE COINS, Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Great), Silver Denarius, travelling mint, struck 42-40 BC, [MAG PI]VS 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 shoulders, 3.91g, 3h (Cr 511/3a; Sydenham 1344; RBW 1785). With an excellent portrait of Pompey the Great, struck on good metal, attractive iridescent tone, about extremely fine, in a very good state of preservation.
ex Spink Auction 5014, 28 September 2005, lot 391
Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated

Estimate: £1400-1800
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