The Pompeians. Sextus Pompey. 37/6 BC. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 3.72 g, 7h). Uncertain Sicilian mint. Bare head of Pompey the Great right; capis to left, lituus to right / Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions, bearing their parents on their shoulders. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); RBW 1785. Deep old cabinet toning with iridescence, collector’s inventory number 846a in red on obverse. Near VF.
From the 1930’s Collection of Robert W. Hubel of Michigan.
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