399, Lot: 444. Estimate $750. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.96 g, 12h). 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. Near EF, lightly toned, banker’s marks on the reverse.