As of Sextus Pompey in the name of Pompey the Great, Spain and Sicily

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1976.40.351
People: Issued by Sextus Pompey, Roman (c. 76/70-35 BCE)
In the name of Pompey the Great, Roman (106-48 BCE)
Title: As of Sextus Pompey in the name of Pompey the Great, Spain and Sicily
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: c. 45 BCE onwards
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Sicily
Period: Roman Republican period
Culture: Roman Republican
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/181444

Physical Descriptions

Medium

bronze

Metal

AE

Technique

Struck

Dimensions

25.45 g

Die Axis

12

Denomination

as

Inscriptions and Marks

Obverse Inscription: Above, MGN or MAGN (MA in ligature)
Reverse Inscription: Above, PIVS; below, IMP

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: RRC 479/1

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from Harvard College Library
Accession Year: 1976
Object Number: 1976.40.351
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Laureate head of Janus, with features of Cn. Pompeius Magnus; above, [M]GN or [MA]GN (MA in ligature).
Rev.: Prow r.; above, [PI]VS; below, IMP.

Verification Level

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