My last Ancient coin acqisition for 2016

Sorry....first about bringing back the BUTTERFLIES Sallent ! But, I have an excuse for Carthago.....I am a poor snook and could never afford a Pompey Aureus/ so I have to get an AR example. Plus, no one bid on this coin, it was an "unsold"....so I thought since no one here wanted it, I would get it.
Who ever said $ cannot buy happiness, is totally out of tune with reality!

 

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I have a humble yet cool AR Sextus Pompey example as well ...

Ummm, not the same type, but do you wanna see it anyway?

Sextus Pompey, Son of Pompey the Great,
AR Denarius (Sicily, Messana)
42-40 BC
Diameter: 18 mm
Weight: 3.5 grams
Obverse: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, galley adorned with aquila, sceptre and trident before the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Messana, decorated with a statue of Neptune
Reverse: PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C, the monster Scylla, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club
Refernce: Crawford 511/4a; CRI 335; Sydenham 1348; RSC 2
Other: very cool