Denarius of Sextus Pompey from Roman Empire Magistrate: Sextus Pompey, Roman, 67–35 B.C.

37–36 B.C.

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Silver

Dimensions

2 g, 2:00, 15 mm

Credit Line

Ruth White Fund

Accession Number

2021.84.13

Geography

Made in Uncertain Sicilian, Italy

Culture

Roman

Period

1st century B.C.

Classification

Numismatics

Disclaimer

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

Crawford 511/3a-b

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Bare head of Pompey the Great right; [capis to left, lituus to right]

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Neptune standing left, holding apluster and resting foot on prow [between the Catanaean brothers Anapias and Amphinomus running in opposite directions,
Provenance
Probably Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., until about 1960’s. Sale, Skinner Auctions, Marlborough, February 12, 2020, lot 1002; sold to private collection, February 12, 2020; sold to private collection, Amherst, Mass.; sold to private collection; sale, Classical Numismatics Group Keystone Auction, February 17, 2021, lot 13; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2021

Note 1: Hand-written inscriptions on the boxes and index cards that sold alongside the coin at Skinner and CNG suggest the coin was formerly with the Yale University Library. The circumstance of transfer of the coin from Yale’s collections is unclear. The Gallery welcomes information that would further clarify the coin’s ownership history.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins

Marks

Toned

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