Sextus Pompey. 40 BC. AR Denarius. 17 mm, 3.85 g. Posthumous issue of uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), ca. 42-40 BC. 

MAG PIVS IMP ITER, bare head of Pompey Magnus right; oenochoe right behind, lituus right before.
PRAEF (AE ligate) CLAS ET ORAE  (AE ligate) MARIT EX S C (MAR ligate), Neptune standing left, aplustre in right hand, right foot on prow, between the Catanaean brothers, each carrying their parents on their shoulders. 

Crawford 511/3a; Sear CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great). 

Used by permission of Heritage World Coin Auctions - CSNS Signature Sale 3115, Lot 32219, May 2024.