Coin Week Article on Pompey the Great

[Roman Collector]

Mike Markowitz has written a CoinWeek article on the Ancient Coins of Pompey the Great. It's a very informative article with some lovely coin photos. Here are just a couple from the article.

Aureus issued at Rome on the occasion of Pompey's triumph in 71 BCE.

Denarius of Cn. Calpurnius Piso for Pompey the Great. Corcyra mint, 48 BCE.

 

[Marsyas Mike]

Some great coins in there for sure.  Thanks for passing that on @Roman Collector.

Here are mine; since they weren't in the article I thought I'd throw them in.  A posthumous denarius issued by his son in Sicily:

Sextus Pompey   Denarius (42-40 B.C.) Sicilian Mint MAG•PIVS•IMP•ITER• , head of Pompey Magnus r. between lituus and capis / Neptune left, holding aplustre, foot on prow, with Anapias & Amphinomus, parents on shoulders, [PRÆF] above, CLAS•ET•O[RÆ] / [M]ARIT•E[X• S•C•] (3.47 grams / 16 mm) eBay Dec. 2019 Attribution: Crawford 511/3a; Pompeia 27; Sydenham 1344; BMCRR (Sicily) 7; RSC 17 (Pompey the Great); Sear CRI 334.

A Provincial, Pompey being the namesake of Soloi-Pompeiopolis:

Pompey the Great (era)    Æ 18 Soloi-Pompeiopolis, Cilicia (c. 50 B.C.-50 A.D.) Bare head of Pompey the Great right / [ΠOMΠHIOΠOΛITΩ?], Nike advancing right, holding wreath; ΔI [ΛΑ ?] in right field. SNG France 1213-1217; SNG Levante 880-882 var. (5.50 grams / 18 mm) eBay June 2022 Lot @ $0.99  Attribution:  Many varieties of this type; most online sources are vague about attribution.  Reverse legends missing, except ΔI in right field.  Some with ΔI also have ΛΑ below.  See: Numismatik Naumann Auct. 42; Lot 576; 03.04.2016; Roma E-Sale 31; Lot 212; Nov. 2016 (asiaminorcoins.com); Artemide Aste 45E; Lot 242; Dec. 15-16, 2018. 

[DonnaML]

Wonderful coins pictured in that article. One slight correction: I don't think it's quite accurate to say that Crawford is long out of print and very expensive. There was a reprint just a couple of years ago, and, more importantly, it's now possible to buy both volumes as a pdf.

[Marsyas Mike]

2 hours ago, DonnaML said:

Wonderful coins pictured in that article. One slight correction: I don't think it's quite accurate to say that Crawford is long out of print and very expensive. There was a reprint just a couple of years ago, and, more importantly, it's now possible to buy both volumes as a pdf.

My local public library has Crawford on the shelf (both volumes, original 1973ish printing)!  I've checked it out a bunch over the past 30 years.  Good to hear it is available as a pdf - that would be handy to have.

[DonnaML]

41 minutes ago, Marsyas Mike said:

My local public library has Crawford on the shelf (both volumes, original 1973ish printing)!  I've checked it out a bunch over the past 30 years.  Good to hear it is available as a pdf - that would be handy to have.

It's not what I would call inexpensive, but the download is available at the Cambridge University Press website. It costs less than a hard copy set if you can find one.

[jdmKY]

Hmm - I think I recognize the coin in the article -