Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. MAG•PIVS•[IMP•]ITER, bare head of Pompey Magnus to right; capis behind, lituus before / Neptune standing to left, holding aplustre and with foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus advancing in opposite directions and carrying their parents on their shoulders; [PRÆF] (ligate) above, CLAS•ET•O[RÆ•]MARIT•EX[•S•C] (partially ligate) in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a; BMCRR Sicily 7; CRI 334; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). 3.32g, 20mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine; lightly toned and lustrous. Rare.
From the Anders Collection, collector's tickets included.