a silver coin with an image of a man and a woman on it
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ROMAN REPUBLIC Sextus Pompey. Denarius bearing the effigy of Pompey the Great, n.d. (42–40 BC), Sicily. Av. MAG. PIVS. IMP. ITER. Head of Pompey the Great facing right, between a sacrificial vase and a lituus. Reverse: PRÆF / CLAS ET ORÆ / MARIT EX. S. C. Neptune standing naked to the left, cloak draped over his shoulder, right foot resting on a ship’s prow between the brothers from Catania, Anapias and Amphinomus, carrying their parents on their shoulders. RRC.511/3a - Syd.1344; Silver - 3.82 g - 19.5 mm - 2 h From the Elsen 98 sale, 13 December 2008, lot 219. On a slightly oblong blank, with centred designs and complete inscriptions. The patina is dark on the obverse and iridescent grey on the reverse. Superb.
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