Triton XXII, Lot: 930. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. 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 (17.5mm, 4.04 g, 9h). Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey. 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 inner right. Crawford 445/1a; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029a; Cornelia 64; BMCRR Sicily 3-4; RBW 1561. Choice EF, toned.
From the Alan J. Harlan Collection. Ex A. Lynn Collection (Helios 4, 14 October 2009), lot 142; Tkalec (19 February 2001), lot 228; Leu 77 (11 May 2000), lot 492.