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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 24706626, member: 112342&quot;]A budget bronze issue I came across on ebay, the seller described it as Pompey but I thought it must&#039;ve been missattributed given it&#039;s was cheap. At first the hairstyle looked like that of Otho&#039;s wig, but the distinctive quiff screamed Pompey! </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this coin must have been minted between 64/63 BC to 48 BC, the time between the founding of Pompeiopolis to his assassination. Sextus Pompey couldn&#039;t have issued them because he only controlled Sicily, and no city would want to gain the wrath of Caesar/Octavian/Antony by issuing coins of an enemy after this death. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1578624[/ATTACH] </p><p>Obv: Head of Pompey the Great right; A behind.</p><p>Rev: ΠΟΜΠΗΙΟΠΟΛΙΤΩΝ.</p><p>Nike advancing right, holding palm frond and wreath; two monograms to right. Countermark in the center. 4.62g.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks much better in hand![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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