Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. [MAG•PIVS•] IMP•ITER, diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base; PRAEF•CLAS•ET [ORAE]•MARIT•EX•S•C around. Crawford 511/2a; RSC 1a; Sydenham 1347; CRI 333. 3.89g, 19mm, 9h.
Very Fine; lightly toned and lustrous, with areas of weak striking.
From a private Polish collection.