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NYINC Signature Sale 3030 5-6 January 2014
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Sextus Pompey as Imperator and Prefect of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.85 gm, 6h). Uncertain mint in Sicily, 42-40 BC. MAG PIVS. IMP. ITER, bare head of Pompey the Great right; behind, capis; before, lituus / PRÆ[F] above, CLAS ET. ORÆ/MARIT. EX. S. C (MAR ligate) in two lines in exergue, Neptune standing left, leaning forward, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, who carry their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. CRI 334. RSC 17. Scarce. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1164.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD
Sextus Pompey as Imperator and Prefect of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.85 gm, 6h). Uncertain mint in Sicily, 42-40 BC. MAG PIVS. IMP. ITER, bare head of Pompey the Great right; behind, capis; before, lituus / PRÆ[F] above, CLAS ET. ORÆ/MARIT. EX. S. C (MAR ligate) in two lines in exergue, Neptune standing left, leaning forward, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, who carry their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. CRI 334. RSC 17. Scarce. Toned. Nearly Extremely Fine. Ex UBS 78 (9 September 2008), lot 1164.
Estimate: 1500-2000 USD