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POMPEY
"The Great"
Roman Imperatorial
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - ROMAN IMPERATORIAL (1st CENT BC) ROMAN IMPERATORIAL Pompey Magnus, d.48 BC |
| Item Description: |
AR Denarius rv Neptune & Catanaeans posthumous issue 42-40 BC |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch VF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 5/5 |
| Owner: |
karl49 |
Owner Comments:
Sextus Pompey, as Imperator and Master of the Fleet (42-36 BC). AR denarius (19mm, 3.92 gm, 9h). NGC Choice VF 5/5 - 5/5. Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana, 42-40 BC. MAG · PIVS · IMP · ITER, bare head of Pompey the Great right between lituus and capis / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders; PRAEF (AE ligate) above, CLAS · ET · ORAE (AE ligate) · MARIT (MAR ligate) · EX · S · C in two lines in exergue. Crawford 511/3a. Sydenham 1344. Sear 334. Pompeia 27. RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). Handsome portrait with overall even wear