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P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus (50 BC). AR denarius (18mm, 3.86 gm, 12h). Rome. MARCELLINVS, bare head of the consul M. Claudius Marcellus right; behind, triskeles / MARCELLVS on right, COS. QVINQ, M. Claudius Marcellus walking right, carrying trophy within tetrastyle temple. Crawford 439/1. Sydenham 1147. Claudia 11. Rare. A couple of small patches of find patina, cleaning marks on those patches. Toned. Good Very Fine.From the Mayflower Collection. This type celebrates two events from the career of the moneyer's famous ancestor, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, one of Rome's most outstanding generals during the Hanniballic Wars and consul five times. The triskeles behind the head on the obverse refers to his conquest of Syracuse in 211 BC, the spoils of which rescued Rome from imminent bankruptcy, and the reverse depicts the consul dedicating arms he won by personally slaying the Insubrian chieftain, Britomartus, in Cisalpine Gaul in 222 BC.

Estimate: 500.00-750.00 USD