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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zumbly, post: 3976983, member: 57495&quot;]Congrats on the score, Mike!&nbsp; That portrait is bold and unmistakable, despite the wear.&nbsp; Mine is similarly worn.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046777[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>SEXTUS POMPEY</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.35g, 18.6mm. Sicilian mint (Katane?), circa 42-40 BC. Crawford 511/3a; RSC 17; HGC 2, 604 (R2). O: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, head of Pompey the Great between jug (capis) left [and lituus right]. R: PRAEF CLAS ET ORAE / MARIT EX S C, Neptune, nude but for chlamys in the back, standing left, right foot set on prow of ship; he holds aplustre in his outstretched right hand; Anapias and Amphinomus (the Catanaean brothers) flanking him, bearing their parents on their shoulders. </p><p><br /></p><p>My other S. Pompey...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1046778[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>SEXTUS POMPEY</b></p><p>AR Denarius. 3.76g, 18.9mm. Sicily, 40-39 BC. Crawford 511/4; Sydenham 1348; Sear, Imperators 335. O: The Pharos of Messana surmounted by a statue of Neptune; in foreground, galley left adorned with legionary eagle, sceptre and trident; MAG PIVS IMP ITER around. R: Scylla left, wielding a rudder in both hands; PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX SC around.</p><p><i>Ex Andrew McCabe Collection, privately purchased from John Jencek, 2011</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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