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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3918553, member: 99456&quot;]As it&#039;s been more than 12 hours, perhaps a repeat is acceptable. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1032831[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius</b>, 49 BC, AR Denarius, Military mint traveling with Pompey</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Q SICINIVS/III VIR, diademed head of Apollo right; star below</p><p><b>Rev: </b>C COPONIVS PR S C, club of Hercules surmounted by lion&#039;s skin; arrow to left, bow to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 444/1a; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1</p><p><b>Notes:</b> Sicinius struck this issue for Pompey&#039;s eastern fleet, which Coponius commanded.&nbsp; Struck somewhere in the East where Sicinius fled along with the rest of the Pompeian senators following Caesar&#039;s invasion. The club and lion’s skin on the reverse resembles half- and quarter-cistophori that were struck in a number of eastern cities, including Apamea, Ephesus, Pergamum, Sardes and <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=159527" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=159527" rel="nofollow">Tralles</a>. The Roman proconsul held residence at Ephesus and perhaps this issue was struck there.</p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><b>Next: a coin struck by a military or traveling mint</b></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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