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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2459848, member: 76111&quot;]Ajax - I&#039;m doing this from memory so please excuse me if I&#039;m dead wrong on something. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s an issue from Sextus Pompey who was the son of Pompey Magnus (the Great).&nbsp; His father had a long and celebrated career as a successful general and was part of the first Triumvirate with Julius Caesar and Crassus.&nbsp; Pompey Magnus was instrumental in the opposition against Caesar as he invaded Italy and took over Rome, fighting several battles against him in the ensuing months and finally getting murdered in Egypt as he was fleeing his last defeat.&nbsp; His sons were staunch supporters of him and fought with their father against Caesars forces, but to no avail.&nbsp; His brother, Pompey Jr. was killed and Sextus was the last who marshaled his forces in Sicily and successfully harassed Octavian and the 2nd Triumvirate for several years after his fathers death, only to finally get killed fleeing to Greece after losing his fleet to Agrippa in a battle off the coast of Sicily at Naulochus.&nbsp; He minted issues with his brother and father on them and this one has his father.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sextus Pompeius. Denarius, Sicily 37-36, AR 3.86 g. MAG·PIVS·IMP·ITER Head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus r.; behind jug and before, lituus. Rev. PRÆF Neptune standing l., foot on prow, between the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders; in exergue, CLAS·E.T·ORÆ / MARIT·EX·S·C. Babelon Pompeia 27. C 17. Sydenham 1344. Sear Imperators 334. Woytek, Arma et Nummi p. 558. RBW 1785. Crawford 511/3a.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex NAC sale 18, 2000 Lot 355; Sternberg November 29-30, 1974 Lot 6 (4000 - 4900 CHF), Sothebys February 1969 Lot 2;&nbsp; Ars Classica XIII June 27-29, 1928 Lot 982.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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