Watch List notes:

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.52 g, 11h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right, [MAG •] PIVS • IMP • ITER around / Neptune, naked but for chlamys on left arm, holding aplustre and resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders; PRÆF above, CLAS • ET • O[RÆ/(MAR)]IT • EX [• S • C] in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Choice EF, toned. Wonderful portrait of Pompey the Great.


From the Jonathan P. Rosen Collection. Ex Nomos 13 (7 October 2016), lot 261.