
Roman Imperatorial Period Æ as(17.04g, 29mm), Sextus Pompey, Imperator and Praefect of the Fleet, 43-36 B.C., Sicilian mint. Laureate head of Janus with features of Pompey the Great; above, MAGN / Prow of galley right, PIVS above, IMP below. Sear HCRI 336; Crawford 379/1; RPC I 671.
This issue is notorious for coming tooled, repatinated and otherwise "messed with" . This example, while worn, has full legends and is entirely untouched, very untypical for the type. As a friend put it, "this is probably what most examples on the market looked like when they came out of the ground".
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- Tuesday 8 March 2022
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- as, bronze, imperatorial, janus, prow, sextus.pompey
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