★ A beautiful terminal bust of Jupiter ★

Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 4.13 g, 9 h), with Varro, proquaestor. Military mint moving with Pompey in Greece, 49 BC. VARRO•PRO•[Q] Terminal bust of Jupiter to right, wearing diadem. Rev. MAGN•PRO / COS Scepter upright, flanked by dolphin on the left and eagle on the right. Babelon (Terentia) 15 and (Pompeia) 7. Crawford 447/1a. RBW -. Sydenham 1033. A beautiful piece with a particularly attractive obverse. The reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From the Red Ox Collection and the collection of the Czech musician Adolf Picek (circa 1885-1978), and formerly in the possession of an Italian banker, whose life was saved by Mr. Picek in the Battles of the Piave River on the Italian Front in 1917-1918 and who presented his savior with 'four socks of old coins' in reward.