ROMAN IMPERATORIAL. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 B.C. AR denarius. 3.79 gm. 17 mm. Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right; MAG PIVS IMP ITER / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus who are running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders; [PRÆF] above, CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C in two lines in exergue. CRI 334. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). RBW 1785. Good Very Fine; beautifully toned, with irridescence; superb portrait, and unusually complete reverse design, well centered and sharply struck on good metal. An exceptional example.

Ex CNG eAuction 453 (2 October 2019) lot 475.