The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.77 g, 4h). 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. Deeply toned, deposits, light scratch and edge chips on reverse. Good VF.
From the Raintree Collection. Ex Dr. R. Alexander Collection (The New York Sale V, 16 January 2003), lot 199.