276, Lot: 347. Estimate $200. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.05 g, 4h). Military mint in the East. Triskeles with winged facing head of Medusa at center; grain ear between each leg / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; harpa to right. Crawford 445/1a; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Cornelia 64. Good VF, lightly porous, scratch on obverse, hairline flan crack.