Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXV 22-23 Sep 2022
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Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Sicily, 42-40 BC. The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley to left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident, MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER around / Scylla to left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF•ORÆ•MAR IT•ET•CLAS•S•C around. Crawford 511/4d; CRI 335b; BMCRR Sicily 20; RSC 3. 3.71g, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine; struck on a broad planchet and unusually complete for the type.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's tickets included;
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 84, 20 May 2015, lot 865 (hammer: CHF 1,100);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction R, 17 May 2007, lot 1398 (hammer: CHF 1,200).
Very Fine; struck on a broad planchet and unusually complete for the type.
From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's tickets included;
Privately purchased from A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 84, 20 May 2015, lot 865 (hammer: CHF 1,100);
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction R, 17 May 2007, lot 1398 (hammer: CHF 1,200).