NEPTVNI. -- On the obverse of one of Sextus Pompey's silver coins, this verbal dedication accompanies the head of his father, Pompey the Great, below which is a dolphin, and before it a trident. -- The reverse presents a galley with swelling sail, and star near it. Another denarius, with the same portrait, has on the other side four galleys with their rowers. See Nasidia family.
Neptuni, inscribed over the head of Pompeius Magnus, was doubtless intended to be read Neptuni filius, "the son of Neptune," whom Sextus himself pretended to be! Hence the typical allusions on his medals are all maritime.