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RSC 1 of Sextus Pompey

Sextus Pompey Denarius. 42 BC. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, head of Neptune right, trident over shoulder / PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C, trophy with trident above & anchor below; prow-stem on left & aplustre on right, two heads of Scylla at base. Pompeia 21, Cr511/2b, Syd 1347.

Lot No.9010. VF. 3.2g.

$ 425.

Sextus Pompey was the son of Pompey the Great, Imperator and Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet and the Sea Coasts. In 44 BC he seized Sicily but he was eventually defeated by Octavian and put to death in 35 BC.