Classical Numismatic Group Mail Bid Sale 81, lot 967
Auction date: 20 May 2009
 
Sold for $72,500 

Sextus Pompey. 42 BC. AV Aureus (8.17 g, 8h). Mint in Sicily. 

MAG. PIVS. behind, IMP. ITER. before, bare head of Sextus 
Pompey right; all within oak wreath
PRAEF above, CLAS. ET. ORAE/MARIT. EX. S.C below in two 
lines, bare heads of Pompey the Great right and Cnaeus 
Pompey Junior left, face to face; lituus to left, tripod 
to right. 

Crawford 511/1; Evans 3 (O2/R3); CRI 332; Bahrfeldt 87.1 corr. (same dies); Calicó 71; Sydenham 1346A corr. (same dies as illustration); BMCRR 14 (same dies); Vagi 28 (same dies as illustration). 

Superb EF, underlying luster, obverse slightly off center. 
Wonderful portraits. 
Very rare, Evans recorded only 37 specimens, of which 12 
were in museums.

Ex Triton X (9 January 2007), lot 547.
Used with permission of CNG coins, www.cngcoins.com, September, 2009