ROMAN COINS
ROMAN REPUBLIC
SEXTUS (POMPEIUS) MAGNUS

Denarius, 45/44 BC, Spain (Colonia Salaria). SEX MAGNVS - IMP - SAL, Head of Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus right, dotted border. Rv: PIETAS, Pietas standing left, holding sceptre and palm branch, dotted border. Crawford 477/1b; T.V. Buttrey, The 'Pietas' Denarii of Sextus Pompey, NC 1960, 83-101, Type 4; B.J. Lowe, Sextus Pompeius in Spain, in: A. Powell - K.E. Welch (Ed.), Sextus Pompeius, London 2002, 65-102. 3,75g. Very rare. Slightly off centre on reverse and a small defect on the nose, otherwise extremely fine.