Obverse: Bare head of Pompey the Great right with capis to left and lituus to right. Reverse: Neptune standing left holding apluster and resting foot on prow between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions while bearing their parents on their shoulders.

Pompey the Great, defeated by Julius Caesar at Pharsalus in 48 BC and murdered soon after on the Egyptian shore, is honored here by his surviving son Sextus, who waged a naval war against the triumvirs from Sicily; the *capis* and *lituus* mark his father's augurate.

Neptune presides over Sextus's claim to mastery of the sea, flanked by the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, Sicilian heroes who carried their parents to safety through the lava of Mount Etna and whose *pietas* Sextus invokes as a parallel to his own devotion to his father's memory.

Toned with porosity, numerous cleaning scratches, and chipping at edge.

Mottled toning, struck on a broad flan with most of legend and types visible.

Toned with porosity, edge marks, and obverse scrape.

Toned with minor find patina. Reverse somewhat off center. Scratches largely under tone.

Toned with light porosity and some hairlines.

Deep iridescent toning, bankers' marks on obverse, slightly granular surfaces, edge marks.

Weakly struck in areas with moderate surface wear.

Dark find patina, flan flaw on obverse, shallow scratches

Toned with iridescence, light scratches under tone, peripheral weakness on obverse

Well-preserved surfaces with minimal wear.

Attractive cabinet toning. High relief and fine style.

Toned with faint graffiti, a few marks, and an unusual flan flaw present on both sides prior to striking.

Patina present, reverse off center, scratches mostly under tone

Deep cabinet toning, obverse off center. Superb reverse details.

Toned with light porosity and scratches; peripheral weakness

Lightly toned with small banker's marks on obverse; obverse slightly off center.

Attractive cabinet toning with slight peripheral weakness

Toned with residual find patina and a pair of thin scrapes.

Deeply toned with iridescence, slight porosity, some scratches and marks, minor edge chips

Cleaned and retoned with scratches and edge flaw on reverse.

Deeply toned with scratches, edge chip, light porosity, and flan crack

Light iridescence with residual luster, slightly off center on obverse. Outstanding portrait in high relief with well detailed reverse.

Toned with areas of iridescence, some roughness and minor pitting, minor lamination error, minor horn silver.

Toned with areas of iridescence, heavy cleaning scratches, roughness.

Deep iridescent toning, areas of weak strike

Iridescent toning, slight weakness on reverse

Rough surfaces, obverse graffito and F-shaped banker's mark

Iridescent tone with some shallow scratches under tone. Excellent portrait.

Deeply toned with find patina and corrosion. Surface shows a few scratches and slightly ragged edge with a couple of shallow edge tests.

Attractive cabinet tone with iridescence around the devices

Toned with obverse banker's mark and scratches

Toned with porosity and flan crack. Weakly struck with worn surfaces.

Attractively toned with a few marks and scratches

Toned with obverse bankers' marks, a few light scratches and marks

Attractive cabinet toning with a hint of iridescence, some light porosity, weakly struck in areas.

Toned with some light scratches and marks

Toned, flatly struck in areas, a few light scratches and marks.

Toned with some iridescence, light roughness, obverse flan flaw

Lovely iridescent toning, a few faint scratches

Toned with a few light scratches and marks, flatly struck in areas.

Hint of toning, struck on a slightly short and irregular flan. Nice metal.

Attractively toned with hairline flan crack. Excellent portrait.


4/16/25	$1,000	VF	CNG	▼ −14%
2/19/25	$1,600	VF	CNG	▲ +37%
2/5/25	$375	F	CNG	▼ −22%
1/22/25	$400	F	CNG	▼ −17%
1/22/25	$1,200	VF	CNG	▲ +3%

Denarius of Sextus PompeyCrawford 511/3a

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