366, Lot: 740. Estimate $300. Sold for $1750. 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, 3.88 g, 2h). Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey. Triskeles, with winged facing head of Medusa at center; ear of grain between each leg / Jupiter standing right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; harpa to right. Crawford 445/1a; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Cornelia 64. VF, toned, a few spots of lacquer on the reverse. Nice metal.