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ID:     711358
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Sex. Pompeius Magnus Pius and Cn. Pompeius Magnus
Date Ruled:     42-40 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 42-40
Weight:     3.55 g
Die Axis:     8 h
Obverse Legend:     MAG. PIVS IMP. ITER
Obverse Description:     Bare head of Pompey the Great right; jug behind, lituus before
Reverse Legend:     [P]RAEF. / [CL]AS. ET. ORAE./[MARI]T. EX. S. C.
Reverse Description:     Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in right hand, resting right foot on prow, between the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders
Mint:     Uncertain Sicilian
Primary Reference:     Crawford 511/3a
Reference2:     Sydenham 1344
Reference3:     CRI 334
Reference4:     Kestner 3783-3784; BMCRR Sicily 7; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great)
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76586
Grade:     Good VF, deep toning, tiny chip and hairline flan crack at 12 o'clock at edge
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1358 ($1500)From the Harry Strickhausen Collection.