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Session Six - Tuesday, June 3, 2014 approx. 1:00 PM
3421
Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius. Silver Denarius (3.86 g), 49
BC.
Military mint traveling in the East with Pompey, perhaps at
Ephesus. Q SICI[NIVS] III VIR, diademed head of Apollo right;
below, star.
Reverse:
C COPONI[VS] PR S C, club of Hercules
draped with lion's skin; in left field, arrow; in right field, bow.
Crawford 444/1a; HCRI 3; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1.
NGC
grade AU; Strike: 2/5, Surface: 4/5
.
The club and lion's skin on the reverse of this coin resembles
half and quarter-cistophori that were struck in a number of
eastern cities. The Roman proconsul held residence at Ephesus,
and it was perhaps there that this issue was struck.
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
3422
Cn. Lentulus. Silver Denarius (3.91 g), 73 BC.
Uncertain
mint in Spain. G P R above, diademed and draped bust of the
Genius of the Roman People right, scepter over shoulder.
Reverse:
LE[NT) CVR x FL in exergue, EX S C across field, scep-
ter, globe, and rudder. Crawford 393/1b; Sydenham 752a; Cor-
nelia 55.
NGC grade Choice XF*; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/
5
.
Here we follow Harlan's revised dating to 73 BC as opposed to
Crawford's 76 BC for this issue (see M. Harlan,
Roman Republi-
can Moneyers and Their Coins, 81 BCE-64 BCE
, 2012, pp. 83-
91).
Estimated Value ................................................... $500 - 600
