Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. Bare head of Pompey Magnus to right; capis behind, lituus before; [MA]G•PIVS•IMP•ITER around / Neptune standing to 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; RSC 17. 3.53g, 18mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine; pleasant cabinet tone.
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd (£2,400), with original dealer's ticket;
Ex Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIV, 4 January 2011, lot 601 (hammer: $2,400).
Several Sicilian denarii were struck for Sextus Pompey to commemorate his naval command of the coasts of Sicily in 42-39 BC. The reverse alludes to the well-known legend of Amphinomus and Anapias, two brothers who risked their own lives to save their elderly parents when Mount Etna erupted and engulfed the Sicilian city of Catania in flames.
Near Extremely Fine; pleasant cabinet tone.
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd (£2,400), with original dealer's ticket;
Ex Collection of a Northern California Gentleman, Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XIV, 4 January 2011, lot 601 (hammer: $2,400).
Several Sicilian denarii were struck for Sextus Pompey to commemorate his naval command of the coasts of Sicily in 42-39 BC. The reverse alludes to the well-known legend of Amphinomus and Anapias, two brothers who risked their own lives to save their elderly parents when Mount Etna erupted and engulfed the Sicilian city of Catania in flames.