Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. Bare head of Pompey Magnus right; capis behind, lituus before; MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER around / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre and with foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, each carrying a parent on their shoulders; [PRÆF] above, CLAS•ET•ORÆ•MARIT•EX•S•C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; BMCRR Sicily 7; RSC 17. 3.90g, 19mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine; well struck with striking portrait.
Acquired from A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd (£3,300);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 84, 20 May 2015, lot 1705 (hammer: CHF 3,000).