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Code: 10137
Sextus Pompey Silver Denarius.
Minted in Sicily, struck 37-36 B.C.
Obverse: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, Head of Pompey the Great facing right, a jug behind a lituus before
Reverse: PRAEF / CLAS ET OR / MARIT EX S C, Neptune standing facing left, wearing diadem, his right foot on a prow, holding aplustre and cloak, the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, stand either side, each bearing one of his parents on shoulders
Crawford 511/3a, S.455D
20 mm x 18 mm in diameter, 3.2 grams.