v52_0405 - SEXTUS POMPEY Denier
MONNAIES 52 (2012)
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 950.00 €
Estimate : 2 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Denier
Date: c. 42 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sicile, Catane
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 950 ‰
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré, mais court sur la légende de revers. Beau portrait inhabituel de Neptune. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient d’une vente Vinchon (n° 338) et de la collection D
Obverse
Obverse legend : (MA)G PI-VS - [IMP ITER].
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Neptune à droite, un trident sur l’épaule.
Obverse translation : "Magnus pius imperatori iterum" (Pompée, le grand, pieux Imperator pour la deuxième fois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : [PRAEF CLA]S ET O-RA[E (MAR)IT EX. S. C].
Reverse description : Trophée naval orné d’une proue et de l’aplustre.
Reverse translation : "Praefectus 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 trente coins de droit et inférieure à trente-trois coins de revers. Ce type est plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. Seulement huit pièces ont été répertoriées par M. Crawford dans les dépôts d’Avvetrana (1 ex.), de Maillé (1 ex.), de Bourgueil (1 ex.) , de Terranova (3 ex.) et d’Aquileia (2 ex.). Les auteurs du CMDRR. ont recensé cinq variétés différentes de légendes pour ce type de denier.
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirty straight dies and less than thirty-three reverse dies. This type is rarer than general works make it appear. Only eight pieces were listed by Mr. Crawford in the deposits of Avvetrana (1 ex.), Maillé (1 ex.), Bourgueil (1 ex.), Terranova (3 ex.) and Aquileia ( 2 ex.). The authors of CMDRR. have identified five different varieties of legends for this type of denarius
For this type, Mr. Crawford noted an estimate of less than thirty straight dies and less than thirty-three reverse dies. This type is rarer than general works make it appear. Only eight pieces were listed by Mr. Crawford in the deposits of Avvetrana (1 ex.), Maillé (1 ex.), Bourgueil (1 ex.), Terranova (3 ex.) and Aquileia ( 2 ex.). The authors of CMDRR. have identified five different varieties of legends for this type of denarius
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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