Sextus Pompey, 42-40 BC. Denarius (Silver, 17 mm, 3.68 g, 1 h), military mint in Sicily. [MAG.PIVS.IMP.ITER] Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; behind, jug; before, lituus. Rev. [PRAEF] / CLAS.ET.O[RAE / MARIT.EX.S.C] Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in his hand and with his right foot on a prow; to left and right, one of the Catanaean brothers bearing his parent on his shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. Sydenham 1344. Toned and with a splendid portrait of Pompey the Great. Struck on a very short flan with some striking flatness on the edges, otherwise, good very fine.
From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Hess AG in Luzern prior to 1975, ex Hirsch 33, 17 November 1913, 1058.