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brm_404049 - SEXTUS POMPEY As

SEXTUS POMPEY As VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 320.00 €
Type : As
Date: c. 45-44 AC.
Mint name / Town : Espagne
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 17,11 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire présentant des faiblesses de frappe. Patine marron

Obverse


Obverse legend : MAGN.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe de Janus.
Obverse translation : “Magnus”, (Le grand).

Reverse


Reverse legend : PIVS/ IMP.
Reverse description : Proue de galère à droite (rostre) ornée d’une étoile à huit rais.
Reverse translation : “Pius/ Imperator”, (Le Pieux/ Imperator).

Commentary


Série onciale frappée. En fait, les poids sont très variables et nous pouvons avoir de grandes variations d’une pièce à l’autre, le poids moyen étant autour de 27 grammes
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Historical background


SEXTUS POMPEY

(67-35 BC)

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 the instigation of Octave, declared a public enemy, he is 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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