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Referenced in Crawford

Triton XX, Lot: 566. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.94 g, 3h). Type I. Uncertain Sicilian mint. Diademed and bearded head of Neptune right; trident over left shoulder; (MA)G PI VS IMP I(TE)R around / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet; the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left; heads of Scylla and Charybdis at base; [PRÆF] • CLAS • ET O R Æ (MAR)I(TE)X S C around. Crawford 511/2c (this coin referenced); CRI 333; RSC 1d; Sydenham 1347 var. (obv. legend); Kestner –; BMCRR Sicily –; cf. RBW 1784 (for type). Good VF, deep iridescent toning, trace of deposit on reverse.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.24775.