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Live auction - brm_340951 - SEXTUS POMPEY Denier

SEXTUS POMPEY Denier XF
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Estimate : 650 €
Price : 350 €
Maximum bid : 350 €
End of the sale : 04 December 2014 14:19:30
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Denier
Date: c. 42 AC.
Mint name / Town : Catane
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, décentré au revers sur le sujet. Belle tête de Pompée au droit, mais vase et capis, mal venus à la frappe et légende invisible. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine grise superficielle
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection de M. Robert Couet

Obverse


Obverse legend : [MAG PIVS IMP ITER].
Obverse description : Tête nue de Pompée le Grand 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 : "Præfectus classis et oræ maritimæ ex senatus consulto" (Préfet de la flotte et de la côte maritime par décret du Sénat).

Commentary


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.). Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage du fonds Bourgey (p. 192, n° 506).

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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