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ID:     27-0283
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Sex. Pompeius Magnus Pius
Date Ruled:     46-36 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     42-40 BC
Diameter:     20 mm
Weight:     3.91 g
Obverse Legend:     MAG PI – VS [IMP ITER]
Obverse Description:     Head of Neptune right, hair tied with band; trident over shoulder.
Reverse Legend:     PRAEF·CLAS [ET·ORAE]·MAR·IT EX·S·C
Reverse Description:     Trophy with trident above and anchor below; prow-stem to left and aplustre to right, two heads of Scylla at base.
Mint:     Sicily
Primary Reference:     Crawford 511/2b
Reference3:     Syd 1347
Reference4:     C 1; B. Pompeia 21
Photograph Credit:     Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
Source:     http://arsclassicacoins.com
Grade:     EF, lovely toning.
Notes:     NAC Auction 27 (2004), lot 283. Rare.