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Auction 14 20 Nov 2021
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ROMAN REPUBLIC. Sextus Pompeius. Denarius 37-36 BC, military mint in Sicily. Obv. MAG PIVS IMP ITER. Bare head of Pompey the Great right, capis to the left, lituus to the right. Rev. PRÆF - [C]LAS ET ORÆ [MA]RIT EX S C. Neptune, holding apluster and resting his right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. RRC 511/3. AR. RR - XF-AU
Ex. Bolaffi auction 25, 5 June 2014, lot 137. This interesting issue has been struck by Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompeius Magnus, as commander of the Roman fleet, to honor his father. The reverse refers to the Catanean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomos who carried their parents on their necks to escape an eruption of the Mount Etna. This unusual type, illustrating this myth, has been used only one time in 108 BC : by using it, Sextus Pompeius show his Pietas toward his father and brother souls.
Ex. Bolaffi auction 25, 5 June 2014, lot 137. This interesting issue has been struck by Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompeius Magnus, as commander of the Roman fleet, to honor his father. The reverse refers to the Catanean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomos who carried their parents on their necks to escape an eruption of the Mount Etna. This unusual type, illustrating this myth, has been used only one time in 108 BC : by using it, Sextus Pompeius show his Pietas toward his father and brother souls.