Triton XVIII, Lot: 939. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.97 g, 3h). Military mint in the East. Triskeles, with winged head of Medusa facing at center; ear of grain between each leg / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in right hand and eagle in left; harpa to right; LE(NT) (MAR) upward to left, COS upward to right. Crawford 445/1a; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Kestner 3528; BMCRR Sicily 3-4; RBW 1561; Cornelia 64; CNR Cornelia 96. Near EF, gray and iridescent toning, a shallow edge test cut. Well struck on triskeles. Rare as such.