v23_0306 - POMPEY THE GREAT Denier
MONNAIES 23 (2004)
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Starting price : 450.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 450.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 42 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Catane
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan légèrement ovale, légèrement échancré à 8 heures au droit. Frappe molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vieille collection du Sud de la France
Obverse
Obverse legend : [MAG] PIVS IMP ITER.
Obverse description : Tête nue de Pompée à droite entre un vase (capis) et un lituus.
Obverse translation : "Magnus pius imperatori iterum" (Pompée, le grand, pieux Imperator pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [PR(AE)F] CLAS ET OR(AE)/ (MAR)IT EX. [S. C.] À L'EXERGUE EN DEUX LIGNES.
Reverse description : Neptune nu debout à gauche, le manteau sur l'épaule, le pied droit posé sur une proue de navire entre les frères Anapias et Amphinomus portant leurs parents sur leurs épaules.
Reverse translation : "Praefectus classis et oræ maritimæ ex senatus consulto", (Préfet de la flotte et de la côte maritime par décret du Sénat).
Commentary
Poids léger. Pour ce type, M. Crawford a relevé une estimation inférieure à 51 coins de droit et inférieure à 57 coins de revers pour trois variétés de légendes. Ce type est plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. Seulement dix-sept pièces ont été répertoriées par M. Crawford dans les dépôts d’Alvignano (2 ex.), de Maillé (4 ex.), de Bourgueil (1 ex.) , de Terranova (3 ex.), d’Aquileia (2 ex.) et de Bagheria (4 ex.).
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than 51 obverse dies and less than 57 reverse dies for three varieties of legends. This type is rarer than general works suggest. Only seventeen pieces were listed by Mr. Crawford in the deposits of Alvignano (2 ex.), Maillé (4 ex.), Bourgueil (1 ex.), Terranova (3 ex.), Aquileia (2 ex.) and Bagheria (4 ex.)
Light weight. For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than 51 obverse dies and less than 57 reverse dies for three varieties of legends. This type is rarer than general works suggest. Only seventeen pieces were listed by Mr. Crawford in the deposits of Alvignano (2 ex.), Maillé (4 ex.), Bourgueil (1 ex.), Terranova (3 ex.), Aquileia (2 ex.) and Bagheria (4 ex.)
Historical background
POMPEY THE GREAT
(106-48 BC)
Consecration of Sextus Pompeius
Pompey, after Pharsalus, fled to Egypt where he was assassinated. This coinage is returned by his youngest son Sextus (67-35 BC) who continues the fight against Caesar after the death of his older brother at Munda in 45 BC. Reconciled with Antony in 44 BC J.-C., it receives a great military command and installs its headquarters in Marseilles before becoming commander of the fleet of the Republic the following year. At Octave's instigation, he was declared a public enemy and proscribed. He abandoned Marseilles in favor of Sicily where he crushed Octavian's fleet commanded by Quintus Salvidienus Rufus in 42 BC. He took the title of "son of Neptune" and assumed, like his father, the title of Pious. Reconciled with Octave, he was finally defeated by Agrippa at Nauloque on September 3, 36 BC. He managed to flee to Asia Minor, but was executed at the instigation of Marc Antoine.
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