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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 3051160, member: 76111&quot;]I just received this coin yesterday.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius. Denarius, mint moving with Pompey 49, AR. Q·SICINIVS – III·VIR Head of Apollo r., hair tied with band; below, star. Rev. C·COPONIVS – PR·S·C Club upright on which hangs lion&#039;s skin with head r.; in l. field, arrow and in r. field, bow. Babelon Sicinia 1 and Coponia 1. Sydenham 939. Sear Imperators 3. RBW 1558. Crawford 444/1a.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763598[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin was minted in 49 BC, the year Caesar crossed the Rubicon and marched on Rome bringing centuries of a republic government to an end.&nbsp; Q. Sicinius produced his first coins in Rome, but fled with the Pompeiians and much of the rest of the Senate into exile as Caesar closed in on the city.&nbsp; This coin was minted in a military mint, somewhere in the East where Pompey and the exiled government marshaled their forces for eventual conflict with (and destruction by) Caesar&#039;s armies.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I find it interesting how well executed this issue is, and many of the post exile issues in fact, as you&#039;d think they were made under less than ideal circumstances while on the run.&nbsp; Also, Pompey and the departing Senators fled in such a hurry that they left the treasury of Rome behind, so where did this silver come from?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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