Lot 4880

Description

Pompey the Great, (c.46-5 B.C.), plated silver denarius, Spanish mint, (2.63 grams), obv. Roma helmeted head to right, M. POBLICI. LEG. PRO PR around, rev. Hispania or Baetica presenting palm to Pompey who is alighting from prow, CN. MAGNVS. I[MP] around, (S.1384 Cr.469/1a, Syd.1035, RSC Pompey the Great 1). Highlights rubbed showing base metal core, otherwise very fine and rare.

Ex Ye Olde Coin Company, Australia. The issue was struck by Cnaeus Pompey son of Pompey the Great, who went to Spain after his father's death to revive the spirit of the party. It may be the son and not the father on the reverse of the coin. Plated issues are rarther rarer than the normal issues.