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  [Image]                               Item Sold At Auction #7
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                  Web Product ID: 737
                  Estimate: $400.00
                  Final Sale Price: $341.00
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                  Denomination: Denarius
                  Grade: Good VF toned
                  Reference: Crawford 469/1a




  Cnaeus Pompey Junior, son of Pompey the Great. 46-45 BC. AR Denarius (2.95 gm).
  Spanish mint. M POBLICI LEG PRO PR, helmeted head of Roma right / CN MAGNVS IMP,
  Hispania standing right, holding shield and two spears, presenting palm to Cn. Pompey
  who is standing left on prow. Crawford 469/1a; Sydenham 1035; BMCRR (Spain) 72; RSC 1
  (Pompey the Great). Toned, good VF. Estimate $400.



  Following the battle of Thapsus in the spring of 46 BC, Julius Caesar returned to
  Rome to celebrate a series of triumphs. That September, Caesar set out for Spain in
  what would be his final campaign. Here the sons of Pompey the Great, Cnaeus and
  Sextus, had rallied the remains of the African forces to make one last stand against
  the victorius dictator. The forces met at Munda in March of 45 BC and the Pompeians
  were defeated, thus ending the first series of civil wars. Cnaeus was captured and
  executed, but Sextus escaped and survived to become a problem for the Second
  Triumvirate. This coin was issued by Marcus Poblicius, legatus pro praetore to
  Cnaeus, to pay the legions under his command in Spain.


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