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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1924892, member: 44132&quot;]A few weeks ago this very poorly preserved denarius caught my eye.&nbsp; It was offered at auction with a very low starting price from a dealer I have done business with prior.&nbsp; Anyway, it was the design and then the history of the coin that captured me (along with the final price being under $14).&nbsp; The coin is hard to image so this is the best I can get with my setup.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]331194[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]331195[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]331196[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>THE POMPEIANS </b><i><b>L. CORNELIUS LENTULUS and C. CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS</b> </i>AR Denarius </p><p>OBVERSE:&nbsp; Facing head of Medusa in center of triskeles, ear of corn between each leg&nbsp; REVERSE:&nbsp; Jupiter standing right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; LENT MAR to left, COS to right. </p><p>Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey, Summer of 49 BC </p><p>3.08g, 18-16mm </p><p>Crawford 445/1b; Sear 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Struck for the two consuls of 49 BC both of whom supported the party of Pompey &amp; were violently opposed to Caesar, on whose approach to Rome they fled to Sicily where this coin was struck. The triskelis is taken from the early coins of Syracuse &amp; the Jupiter reverse is claimed to be a copy of the famous statue of Zeus Eleutherios, by Myron, which was set up by the Syracusans as a memorial to their freedom in 460 BC.&quot;&nbsp; Seaby - Bk.1 p.40[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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