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ID:     74000540
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Sex. Pompeius Magnus Pius
Date Ruled:     45-44 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 45-44
Weight:     3.72 g
Die Axis:     4 h
Obverse Legend:     MAGNVS SAL IMP
Obverse Description:     Bare head left
Reverse Legend:     PIETAS
Reverse Description:     Pietas standing front, head left, holding branch in right hand, transverse sceptre in left
Mint:     Spanish
Primary Reference:     Crawford 477/2
Reference2:     RSC 15
Reference3:     Sydenham 1043
Reference4:     Kestner -; BMCRR Spain 94; CRI 233
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96953
Grade:     Good VF, lightly toned, traces of die rust on obverse and slight porosity on reverse, scrape on neck and at edge of reverse from 9-10 oU+2019clock
Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 540 Extremely rare. CRI illustrates this issue with a line drawing rather than a photograph, confirming the extreme rarity of this seldom-offered type. This is the first we have offered at auction.