Sextus Pompey, 43-35 BC. Denarius (Silver, 18 mm, 3.87 g, 12 h), military mint in Sicily, 37-36 BC. [MAG•PIVS•IMP•IT]ER Bare head of Cn. Pompeius Magnus to right; to left, jug; to right, lituus. Rev. [PRAEF] / CLAS•ET•ORAE / [MAR]IT•EX•S•C Neptune standing left, holding aplustre in his right hand and resting his right foot on prow; to left and right, the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus, with their parents on their shoulders, running in opposite directions. Babelon (Pompeia) 27. Crawford 511/3a. RBW 1785. Sydenham 1344. An attractive example with a particularly individual portrait. Struck on a somewhat short flan, otherwise, good very fine.

This type is interesting in that it expresses filial piety. As the brothers Anapias and Amphinomus rescued their aged parents from the eruption of Mt. Aetna in Sicily, Sextus Pompey honors his father by placing his portrait on this coin and alluding to his freeing the waters around Sicily from pirates.