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Lot 113

Starting price: 225 CHF
Price realized: 1100 CHF
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Sextus Pompey, 42-40 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.84 g, 1 h), military mint in Sicily. MAG.PIVS.IMP.ITER Pharos of Messana, surmounted by a stature of Neptune standing to right; below, galley to left, with aquila on prow and scepter at the stern. Rev. PRÆF.CLA[S.ET.ORÆ.MAR.IT.]EX.S.C Skylla, with two fish tails and three dogs' heads, attacking with a rudder to left. Babelon (Pompeia) 22. Crawford 511/4a-b. CRI 335a. Sydenham 1348. Rare. Toned. Some minor flatness and a die break on the obverse, otherwise, about very fine.

From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Münzen und Medaillen AG in Basel prior to 1975.
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