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Following the death of his father, Sextus Pompey fled to Sicily. With the Triumvirs distracted by the Brutus and Cassius faction he raised an army, and more notably, a formidable naval force.
According to Dio Cassius, following success in naval battles against Octavian, Sextus Pompey came to be known as Son of Neptune as reflected in the obverse legend NEPTVNI [From Neptune] and the trident symbol. The reverse legend names Quintus Nasidius, an admiral under Pompey Magnus and then Sextus. Realising the futility of the Pompeian cause, Nasidius eventually defected to the camp of Marc Antony, and fought under him at the Battle of Actium, after which point he disappears from the historical record.
According to Dio Cassius, following success in naval battles against Octavian, Sextus Pompey came to be known as Son of Neptune as reflected in the obverse legend NEPTVNI [From Neptune] and the trident symbol. The reverse legend names Quintus Nasidius, an admiral under Pompey Magnus and then Sextus. Realising the futility of the Pompeian cause, Nasidius eventually defected to the camp of Marc Antony, and fought under him at the Battle of Actium, after which point he disappears from the historical record.