ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN, Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated, Sextus Pompey (son of Pompey the Great, died 35 BC), Silver Denarius, obverse brockage, struck by Q. Nasidius at Massilia, 44-43 BC, NEPTVNI, head of Pompey the Great facing right, a trident before, dolphin below, rev similar incuse, 3.43g (Cr 483/2; Syd 1350; RCV 1390). Very good portrait of Pompey the Great, a few light marks beneath a dark patina, very fine and a very rare brockage.
from the Evan Salholm collection
purchased A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd
Estimate: £700-900