Ruler
Sextus Pompeius Magnus
Value
Denarius
Reverse Legend
Neptune standing left
Grade
Fine
Mint
Sicily
Date
42-40 B.C.
Weigth and Diameter
3,25 g. 16 mm.
Metal
Silver
Roman Imperatorial
Sextus Pompey. Silver Denarius (3,25 g. 16 mm.). Uncertain Sicilian mint.
MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER, Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right
PRÆF above, CLAS•ET•ORÆ•MARIT•EX•S•C in two lines in exergue, 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
Fine. Old dark silver tone. Extremely rare.
2025-299 (CEF-1356)