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Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Cnaeus Pompey Magnus AR Denarius. Corcyra, 48 BC. Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor. Head of Numa Pompilius to right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA; CN•PISO PRO•Q• around / Prow of galley to right; MAGN above, PRO•COS below. Crawford 446/1 (mint in Greece); CRI 7 (mint in Greece); RSC 4 (Pompey the Great); for attribution to Corcyra, cf. Woytek, B., Arma et Nummi, Vienna 2003, pp. 115 ff. 4.04g, 19mm, 12h.
Near Mint State; attractive cabinet tone.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG;
Ex Collection of a Hanseatic Romanophile;
Privately purchased in 1997 from Zlatko Plesa, Frankfurt am Main.
The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, appears on the obverse of this coin as an allusion to the nomen (family name) of the issuing proquaestor for, according to tradition, Pompilius had a son by the name of Calpus, from whom the gens Calpurnia was descended and derived its name. Striking for Pompey Magnus, the prow on the reverse was intended to recall and glorify Pompey's famous victories over the Cilician pirates in 67/6 BC.
Near Mint State; attractive cabinet tone.
Acquired from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG;
Ex Collection of a Hanseatic Romanophile;
Privately purchased in 1997 from Zlatko Plesa, Frankfurt am Main.
The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, appears on the obverse of this coin as an allusion to the nomen (family name) of the issuing proquaestor for, according to tradition, Pompilius had a son by the name of Calpus, from whom the gens Calpurnia was descended and derived its name. Striking for Pompey Magnus, the prow on the reverse was intended to recall and glorify Pompey's famous victories over the Cilician pirates in 67/6 BC.