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Denarius - Gnaeus Pompeius CN•MAGNVS IMP / M•MINAT SABIN PR•Q
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 46 BC - 45 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed portrait bust of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great) facing right, rendered in a realistic, slightly idealised late Republican style with curly hair and a prominent aquiline profile. The effigy is depicted with a draped paludamentum (military cloak) visible at the truncation of the bust. The encircling legend CN•MAGNVS IMP is distributed around the field, with IMP to the left and CN•MAGNVS to the right of the portrait. The die work reflects the mobile military mint conditions under which the coin was produced. A border of dots frames the design. |
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| Reverse description | A complex allegorical composition in which two personifications of Spanish cities (Hispania) are depicted flanking a Pompeian soldier. The figure at left stands facing right, wearing a turreted crown symbolising her civic status, and holds a caduceus in her left hand while extending her right hand to clasp that of the soldier in a gesture of alliance (dextrarum iunctio). The soldier stands facing, armed and in military dress. To the right, a second turreted female personification walks leftward, holding a military trophy over her left shoulder and reaching forward with her right hand to crown the soldier. The legend M•MINAT SABIN PR•Q arcs around the field, identifying the issuing magistrate Marcus Minatius Sabinus as proquaestor. A border of dots frames the entire composition. |
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| Mint | Spain, probably Corduba (Córdoba) |
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