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8 May 2021
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Attractive Pompey portrait

Starting Price: 400 CHF
Hammer Price:  875 CHF
Lot 791

Sextus Pompey, 37-36 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.66 g, 5 h), military mint in Sicily. [MAG • PIVS] • IMP • ITER Bare head of Pompeius Magnus to right; behind, jug; before, lituus. Rev. [PRAEF / CLAS • ET • OR[Æ] / (MAR)IT • EX • S [• C] Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in his hand and with his right foot on a prow; to left and right, one of the Catanaean brothers bearing his parent on his shoulders. Babelon (Pompeia) 27. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. Sydenham 1344. Excellent portrait of Pompey the Great. Struck off centre on both sides and with a short flan crack, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2021, 21:35:30 CEST Current Date & Time: 28 Mar 2024, 18:51:57 CET Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:875 CHF by MailBidder4147 (8 bids)
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