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Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), 48 BC. AR denarius (19mm, 4.02 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5. Mint in Greece, 49-48 BC, Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. CN • PISO PRO-• Q •, head of Numa Pompilius right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA / MAGN / PRO • COS, prow of galley right. Crawford 446/1. Sydenham 1032. RSC Calpurnia 30 and Pompeia 8. RSC 4 (Pompey the Great). Attractive steel-gray toning with darker toning outlining the devices.
Ex Collection of Z.P., Austria.
Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome and according to tradition had a son by the name of Calpus, from whom the gens Calpurnia was descended and derived its name, thus the link to the proquaestor who struck this issue. The prow on the reverse commemorates Pompey's famous victories over the Cilician pirates in 67/6 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1200 USD
Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great), 48 BC. AR denarius (19mm, 4.02 gm, 7h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5. Mint in Greece, 49-48 BC, Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. CN • PISO PRO-• Q •, head of Numa Pompilius right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA / MAGN / PRO • COS, prow of galley right. Crawford 446/1. Sydenham 1032. RSC Calpurnia 30 and Pompeia 8. RSC 4 (Pompey the Great). Attractive steel-gray toning with darker toning outlining the devices.
Ex Collection of Z.P., Austria.
Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome and according to tradition had a son by the name of Calpus, from whom the gens Calpurnia was descended and derived its name, thus the link to the proquaestor who struck this issue. The prow on the reverse commemorates Pompey's famous victories over the Cilician pirates in 67/6 BC.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 800-1200 USD