Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Q. Sicinius AR Denarius. Rome, 49 BC. Diademed head of Fortuna to right; [P]•R upwards behind, FORT before / Palm-branch and caduceus in saltire, laurel wreath above; III-VIR across fields, Q•SICI[NIVS] below. Crawford 440/1; BMCRR Rome 3947-9; RSC Sicinia 5. 4.11g, 17mm, 5h.
Near Mint State; beautifully toned and lustrous.
From a private European collection.
Q. Sicinius, known only through his issues as moneyer, supported the Republican side in the Civil War. A later issue (Crawford 444) was struck by Sicinius for the use of the fleet commanded by Coponius in the East for Pompey. The combination of a depiction of Fortuna on the obverse of this coin with the symbols for victory and felicitas on the reverse signify the moneyer's hope for a Republican victory over Caesar who crossed the Rubicon, initiating the Civil War, in the same year that this coin was struck.
Near Mint State; beautifully toned and lustrous.
From a private European collection.
Q. Sicinius, known only through his issues as moneyer, supported the Republican side in the Civil War. A later issue (Crawford 444) was struck by Sicinius for the use of the fleet commanded by Coponius in the East for Pompey. The combination of a depiction of Fortuna on the obverse of this coin with the symbols for victory and felicitas on the reverse signify the moneyer's hope for a Republican victory over Caesar who crossed the Rubicon, initiating the Civil War, in the same year that this coin was struck.