DR-816 | Crawford: 511/4d
Sextus Pompeius
Sextus Pompeius
Gens: Pompeia
Moneyer: Sextus Pompeius
Date and mint: 42 BC/40 BC - ?
Obverse: Lighthouses of Messana, surmounted by a statue of Neptune, wearing a helmet, holding a trident in the right hand and a rudder in the left hand and placing the left foot on the bow; in front, ship, left, with aquila in the bow and scepter tied with a fillet in the stern. Dotted border.
Legend: MAG PIVS IMP ITER
Reverse: Scylla, holding the helm with both hands. Dotted border.
Legend: PRAEF ORAE MARI TET CLAS S C oPRAEF ORAE MARIT ET CLAS S C
Provenance: Numismatica Ars Classica (2012)
Price: 49,958 €
Other references
| Crawford: | 511/4d |
| DR: | 816 |
| BMCRR (Grueber): | Sicilia 20 |
| B (Babelon): | Pompeia 73 |
| RSC (Seaby): | Sexto Pompeyo 3, 3a |
| FFC (Fdez., Fdez., Calicó): | Sexto Pompeyo 7, 8 |
| RC / RCV (D. Sear): | |
| CRI (Sear Imperators) 49 - 27 BC: | |
| CRR (Sydenham): | 1349 |
| Cal (Calicó): | 1167, 1167a |
| RBW: | |
| Other authors: | Cohen 3 |
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