This Week In History: Pompey the Great

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  1. AncientJoe

    AncientJoe Well-Known Member

    The portrait on the obverse of this denarius is of Pompey the Great, although the coin was minted under his son Sextus:

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  3. dougsmit

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    A fourree but it fits the theme.
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  4. stevex6

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    Ummm, am I allowed to bring-in Big Daddy Pompey's "son" (Sextus) ...

    => sure, why not, eh?

    Sextus Pompey, Son of Pompey the Great,
    AR Denarius (Sicily, Messana)
    42-40 BC
    Diameter: 18 mm
    Weight: 3.5 grams
    Obverse: MAG PIVS IMP ITER, galley adorned with aquila, sceptre and trident before the Pharos (Lighthouse) of Messana, decorated with a statue of Neptune
    Reverse: PRÆF CLAS ET ORÆ MARIT EX S C, the monster Scylla, her torso of dogs and fishes, wielding a rudder as a club

    Sextus Pompey.jpg
     
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