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NYINC Signature Sale 3061 7-8 Jan 2018
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Sextus Pompey, as Imperator and Master of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.86 gm, 3h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana, 42-40 BC. MAG · PIVS · IMP · ITER, bare head of Pompey the Great right between lituus and capis / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders; PRAEF (AE ligate) above, CLAS · ET· ORAE (AE ligate) · MARIT (MAR ligate) · EX · S · C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. Sear 334. Pompeia 27. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Sharp strike with magnificent, realistic portrait.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Sextus Pompey, as Imperator and Master of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.86 gm, 3h). NGC AU 4/5 - 4/5. Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana, 42-40 BC. MAG · PIVS · IMP · ITER, bare head of Pompey the Great right between lituus and capis / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders; PRAEF (AE ligate) above, CLAS · ET· ORAE (AE ligate) · MARIT (MAR ligate) · EX · S · C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. Sear 334. Pompeia 27. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Sharp strike with magnificent, realistic portrait.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD