Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 263

Price realized: 280 CHF   (Approx. 318 USD / 296 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Sextus Pompey, 43-35 BC. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 3.86 g, 7 h), military mint in Sicily, 37-36. MAG PIVS [IMP ITER] Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; to left, jug; to right, lituus. Rev. [PRAEF] / CLAS ET OR[AE] / [MA]RIT EX S [C] Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in his right hand and resting his right foot on prow; to left and right, the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders, running in opposite directions. Babelon (Pompeia) 27. Crawford 511/3a. CRI 334. RBW 1785. Sydenham 1344. Darkly toned. The obverse struck off center and with some scratches, otherwise, very fine.


From the James Knox Collection of Biblical related coins, ex Hirsch 266, 11 February 2010, 1888.

Starting price: 150 CHF