Roman Silver & Bronze
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Lot 2512 Roman Silver & Bronze
Estimate $180
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SOLD $140
POMPEY THE GREAT, (c.46-5 B.C.), silver denarius, Spanish mint, (3.42 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head to right, [M. P]OBLICI. LEG. PRO PR around, rev. Hispania or Baetica presenting palm to Pompey who is alighting from prow, CN. MAGNVS. IMP around, (S.337 [£200], Cr.469/1a, Syd.1035, C. Pompey the Great 1 [£110]). Edge split, otherwise good fine and rare.
Ex Sotheby's London, 14 November 1979 (lot 48 part). The issue was struck by Cnaeus Pompey son of Pompey the Great, who went to Spain after his father's death to revive the spirit of the party. It may be the son and not the father on the reverse of the coin. 42 dies was used for the obverse of this coin type as calculated by Crawford.
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