Pompey the Great. ; Pompey the Great; 42-40 BC, Denarius struck by his son Sextus Pompey, 3.34g. Cr-511/3a; Sear, Imperators-334; Syd-1344 (R5); C-17 (15 Fr.). Obv: MAG PI[VS IMP ITER] Head of Pompey the Great r. between augural symbols, pitcher and lituus. Rx: [PRAEF] CLAS ET ORA[E MAR]IT EX S C] Neptune standing l., foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers with their parents on their shoulders. The reverse legend records the fact that Sextus Pompey had been appointed "Prefect of the Fleet and of the Sea Coasts by Decree of the Senate".Reverse rather corroded. VF
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