Watch List notes:

The Pompeians. L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. April-June 49 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Apollonia mint in Illyricum. Head of Apollo right, wearing long hair; COS upwards to left, L • LE(NT) • C • (MA)RC downwards to right / Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt in extended right hand and in extended left, eagle right, head left, with wings displayed; star of eight rays above Q to left, garlanded altar to right. Crawford 445/2; CRI 5; Sydenham 1030; Kestner 3530-1; BMCRR East 21-2; Cornelia 65. Good VF, attractive dark cabinet toning.


From the Archer M. Huntington Collection, ANS 1001.1.12962.