Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Sicily, 42-40 BC. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident, [MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER] around / Scylla left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF•[CLAS•ET•ORÆ]•MAR IT•EX•S•C around. Crawford 511/4a; CRI 335; BMCRR Sicily 18-19; RSC 2. 3.95g, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine; dark cabinet tone.
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 46, 28 November 1988, lot 426.