ROMAN. Sextus Pompey. 37-36 BC. Silver Denarius (3.79g). Military mint in Sicily. MAG PIVS I[MP ITER], bare head of Pompeius Magnus right; jug behind, lituus before / [PRAEF] CLAS ET ORAE MARIT EX S C, Neptune standing left, holding aplustre and placing right foot on prow; the Catanaean brothers at left and right, each carrying a parent. Crawford 511/3a; CRI 334; Sydenham 1344; Babelon (Pompeia) 27. Struck off-centre, otherwise EF, with an amazing portrait. Acquired from Nomos AG, Obolos Web Auction 13, lot 621 (July 2019), realised CHF 360. The catalogue noted possible tooling, but on close inspection we see no convincing evidence of tooling, in our opinion. (P)

Estimate: AUD 750