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Q. Pompeius Rufus AR Denarius. Rome, 54 BC. Head of Sulla right, SVLLA•COS before / Head of Q. Pompeius Rufus right, Q•POM•RVFI before, RVFVS•COS behind Crawford 434/1; RSC Pompeia 4, Cornelia 48. 4.04g, 17mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned and lustrous. Two excellent portraits.
From the collection of D.G., United Kingdom.
The moneyer for whom this issue struck, Q. Pompeius Rufus, was the grandson of the dictator Sulla. Bearing the only portrait of Sulla in the corpus of Roman numismatics, it is likely this is a good representation as, although struck posthumously, portraits of the famous ancestor would have survived.
Near Extremely Fine. Lightly toned and lustrous. Two excellent portraits.
From the collection of D.G., United Kingdom.
The moneyer for whom this issue struck, Q. Pompeius Rufus, was the grandson of the dictator Sulla. Bearing the only portrait of Sulla in the corpus of Roman numismatics, it is likely this is a good representation as, although struck posthumously, portraits of the famous ancestor would have survived.