Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXV | Auction date: 22 September 2022 |
Lot number: 718 Price realized: 750 GBP (Approx. 845 USD / 861 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on ![]() |
Lot description: Sextus Pompey AR Denarius. Uncertain mint in Sicily (Catania?), 42-40 BC. MAG PIVS IMP ITER, diademed and bearded head of Neptune to right; trident over shoulder / Naval trophy set on anchor, top of trident visible above helmet, the arms composed of the stem of a prow in right and aplustre in left, two heads of Scylla at base; PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C around. Crawford 511/2a; CRI 333; BMCRR Sicily 15; RSC 1c. 3.84g, 19mm, 12h. About Good Very Fine. From the Andrew McCabe Collection, collector's ticket included; Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1163 (dated provenances for the collector range from 1924 to 1963, with the collector's purchase notes extending no later than 1962); Ex Maison Platt stock. Estimate: 1000 GBP | ![]() |