448, Lot: 403. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.67 g, 12h). Uncertain Sicilian mint, possibly Catana. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding aplustre 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. Toned, bankers’ marks and some scratches on obverse. Good Fine.

Ex Colosseum Coin Exchange 98 (19 November 1997), lot 90.