Ancient coins
Roman Republic
Sextus Pompey, 37-36 BC, Denarius, Uncertain Sicilian mint, Cr. 511/3a, Syd. 1344, C 17 (Pompey the Great), 3.71 g, light corrosion - excellent portrait
Obverse: MAG. PIVS. IMP. ITER. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right.
Reverse: PRÆF above; CLAS. ET. OR / MARIT. EX. S. C in two lines in exergue. Neptune, resting right foot on prow, standing left between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, bearing their parents on their shoulders.
EF-VF
Provenance:
Ex. Parisian coin dealer, c. 1985