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Description: | Medal commemorating Pompey the Great (BC106-48). Copy of a Roman denarius. Obverse: Within a pearled border the head of Pompey (right). Legend: 'POMPEIVS . M.' Reverse: Within a pearled border a galley under a single sail, stern hooded, a man standing in the bows, another in the stern and seven rowers; a trident, horizontally placed, below. Inscription above: 'COS . III'. (i.e. Consul for the third time). Below, 'NEP'.
caption: Medal commemorating Pompey the Great | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medals Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus G. Pompey Cavino | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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