Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
Collector's Choice June 2020 Auction 24-26 Jun 2020
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SEXTUS POMPEY. AR Denarius (3.61 gms), Uncertain mint in Sicily, 37/6 B.C. NGC VF, Strike: 4/5 Surface: 3/5. Light Marks.
Cr-511/3a; CRI-334; Syd-1344. Obverse: Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right; Reverse: Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. A pleasingly toned example of the type, featuring a solid centering of strike, though a few light marks are noted above Pompey's head.
Estimate: $500.00- $750.00
Cr-511/3a; CRI-334; Syd-1344. Obverse: Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right; Reverse: Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. A pleasingly toned example of the type, featuring a solid centering of strike, though a few light marks are noted above Pompey's head.
Estimate: $500.00- $750.00