The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.69 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Deep iridescent toning, areas of weak strike. Near VF.
From the Brian Holland Collection. Ex Pegasi XX (21 April 2009), lot 399.