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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1846951, member: 56859&quot;]From that mixed lot from Stack&#039;s, aka TIF&#039;s Folly.&nbsp; This was one of the few coins in the lot which was specified, although I&#039;m confused about the nomenclature and it did not come with attribution.&nbsp; Help is welcome.&nbsp; The auction listing said this was <i>an AE sestertius of Pompey the Great with a Janiforic portrait obverse</i>.&nbsp; Wasn&#039;t this issued by Sextus Pompey (son of the Great), not Cnaeus Pompey Magnus (Pompey the Great)?&nbsp; To further confuse things, descriptions of the Sextus Pompey janiforic bronzes indicate that the features on the portrait are of Cnaeus Pompey Magnus.&nbsp; And most listings I&#039;ve found call the denomination an as rather than sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Condition-wise, it&#039;s not as bad as I first thought, comparatively speaking.&nbsp; Value-wise, it certain far exceeds the average paid per coin for the lot, even in this rough condition.</p><p><br /></p><p>Even better, it looks like this will provide a great jump off point for some interesting historical reading!&nbsp; Links or book references welcome.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]308026[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SEXTUS POMPEIUS MAGNUS, son of Pompey the Great.</b> Circa 43-36 BC.</p><p>AE As, 29 mm, 19.8 gm</p><p>Mint:&nbsp; uncertain Sicilian?</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; Laureate head of Janus with features of Pompeius Magnus</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Prow of galley right; IMP below (I think...)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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