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Pompey the Great was part of the triumvirate between Julius Caesar, Crassus and himself from 60 BC to 53 BC. In 49 BC he was appointed by the senate as imperator against Julius Caesar, until he lost the battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC and took refuge with Ptolemy XIII, who murdered him and presented his head to Julius Caesar as a gift (which Caesar, incidentally, against the chest bumped). Different letters (or none) behind Pompey's head are possible: SNG Levante 881; SNGLev 880, SNGFr 1214; SNG France 1215; Paris 1054.1 There was even a restart in Domitian's time through the city of Pompeiopolis: Schulten 354; SNG France 2 1217; RPC 2 1725; Lindgren I 1602 Which this coin is exactly? Hard to say or almost impossible. The currency has suffered a lot over time. Weight and detail do not say everything anymore, but it is certain, it is an image of Pompey the Great.
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