One of the few issues minted during Pompey's life to actually bear his name(most having been minted posthumously under Sextus Pompey). The obverse refers to the Calpurnia gens's claim of descent from Calpus, son of Numa Pompilius. The reverse likely refers to the victory of Pompey over pirates in Cilicia. Woytek provides what I think is the most likely mint attribution of this type to Corcyra based on the find evidence suggesting an Adriatic or Ionian mint, the controlled(3h, 6h, 9h, 12h) die alignment matching other Corcyran issues and the prow having a form similar to that used on contemporary pseudo-autonomous coinage of the island.
Roman Imperatorial period AR denarius(3.41g, 18mm, 6h). The Pompeians, Gnaeus Pompey Magnus, Proconsul, with Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, Proquaestor, 48 BC, military mint moving with Pompey in Greece or Corcyra. Head of Numa Pompilius right, wearing diadem inscribed NVMA; behind, CN•PISO•PRO•Q downwards. Line border / Prow right; above MAGN; below, PRO•COS. Line border. Crawford 446/1; Sydenham 1032; Russo RBW 1565; Sear HCRI 7; BMCRR Spain 62
Ex CNG Triton XXIX Session 5, 21 January 2026, lot 5764, from the collection of a Gentleman, Kent, England, ex Morton & Eden 68, 10 June 2014, 75, ex Dr Busso Peus Nachfolger 271, 25 November 1969, 54
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