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Object Type
Museum number: 2002,0102.4693
Denomination: denarius
Description: Silver coin. (whole); Head of Pompey the Great right; before, trident; below, dolphin; behind, inscription downwards. Border of dots. (obverse); Ship sailing right; above, star; below, inscription. Border of dots. (reverse)
State
Authority: Issuer: Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius; Moneyer: Q Nasidius
Cultures/periods
Production date: 44BC-43BC
Materials
Dimensions: Die-axis: 4 o'clock; Weight: 4.04 grammes
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Mint uncertain, moving with Sextus Pompeius.
Bibliographic references: RRC / Roman Republican Coinage (483/2) (type); Ghey, Leins & Crawford 2010 / A catalogue of the Roman Republican Coins in the British Museum, with descriptions and chronology based on M.H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (1974) (483.2.4)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: politician/statesman; boat/ship; mammal; classical deity
Associated names: Portrait of: Pompey the Great; Named in inscription: Poseidon/Neptune
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2002
Department: Coins and Medals
Registration number: 2002,0102.4693

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