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ID:
77000609
[UNVERIFIED]
Type:
Roman Republican
Issuer:
Q. Nasidius and Cn. Pompeius Magnus
Date Ruled:
44-43 BC
Metal:
Silver
Denomination:
Denarius
Struck / Cast:
struck
Date Struck:
BC 44-43
Weight:
3.73 g
Die Axis:
6 h
Obverse Legend:
NEPTVNI
Obverse Description:
Bare head of Pompey the Great right; dolphin right below; trident before
Reverse Legend:
Q • NASIDIVS
Reverse Description:
Ornate galley advancing right with bank of rowers and under full sail; on the prow stands the hortator, and in the stern is seated a man guiding the rudder; six-rayed star in upper left field
Mint:
Massilia (Marseilles)
Primary Reference:
Crawford 483/2
Reference2:
RSC 20 (Pompey the Great)
Reference3:
Syd 1350
Reference4:
Kestner 3698; BMCRR Sicily 21-24; CRI 235
Photograph Credit:
Classical Numismatic Group
Source:
http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=115032
Grade:
Near EF, deeply toned, areas of minor porosity and smoothing beneath tone
Notes:
Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 609 Wonderful portrait Ex Lanz 92 (4 June 1999), lot 346.Quintus Nasidius was commander of Sextus' fleet while Sextus was in Massalia watching political events unfold further east. Coins of this issue do not bear the title praefectus classis et orae maritimae (commander-in-chief of the fleet and of the sea coasts) awarded to Sextus by the Senate in April 43 BC, indicating a prior striking date. They also do not bear Sextus' name, although the trident, dolphin, and legend NEPTVNI may refer to Sextus' naval superiority in the western Mediterranean.
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