ROMAN REPUBLICAN. Q. Pompeius Rufus. 54 B.C. AR denarius. 3.89 gm. 18 mm. Rome mint. Curule chair flanked by arrow and laurel branch; Q [PO]MPEI Q F RVFVS in two lines above, COS on raised tablet below / Curule chair flanked by lituus and wreath; SVLLA COS above, Q POMPEI RVF on raised tablet below. Crawford 434/2. Sydenham 909. RSC Pompeia 5. Near Extremely Fine; fresh lustrous surfaces.

The Zabel Collection.

Struck in honor of Sulla and Rufus, co-consuls in B.C. 88, by the moneyer, who was their grandson