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Auction 117  19-20 May 2021
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Lot 457

Estimate: 2500 USD
Price realized: 3750 USD
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The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 42-38 BC. AR Denarius (20.5mm, 3.57 g, 3h). Massilia (Marseilles) mint; Q. Nasidius, commander of the fleet. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; trident to right; below, dolphin right; NETVNI to left / Galley with bank of rowers right, under full sail, helmsman steering rudder, hortator standing on prow; star to upper left; Q • NASIDIVS below. Crawford 483/2; CRI 235; Sydenham 1350; RSC 20 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1698. Toned, obverse struck slightly off center from a worn die, a few light scratches. Near EF. A spectacular galley reverse.
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