A Controversial Portrait of Julius Caesar

That Sextus Pompey coin is awesome. Sextus was probably one of the more interesting characters of the late republic, right next to Mithridates VI.

 

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Here is a Sextus Pompey AE As with the janiform head having the facial features of Pompey:

SEXTUS POMPEY; GENS POMPEIA AE As
OBVERSE: MAGN above laureate janiform head with features of Pompey the Great REVERSE: PIVS above, IMP below, prow of galley right
Sicilian 43-36 BC
22.8g, 31mm
Syd 1044a, Cr479/1, Pompeia 20v, Cohen 16