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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2730698, member: 51347&quot;]VERY nice example [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] ... a good AE Pompey is tough to fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one that is rather pedestrian:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620790[/ATTACH]</p><p>RImp</p><p>Pompey 42-38 BC</p><p>AE As Janus</p><p>Prow Magnus</p><p>Sear 1394 Craw 479/1</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620791[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR</p><p>Cornelius Letulus 76-75 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Obv: Genius of the Roman People</p><p>Rev: Globe between wreated scepter and rudder, S-C in field</p><p>Struck in Spain by Lentulus as Quaestor to Pompey as he was assisting Q Caeclilius Metellus Pius in the protracted war with Sertorius</p><p>Sear 323 Craw 393/1a</p><p>Cool history:&nbsp; Pompey got his butt kicked by Sertorius a couple times; big learning experience...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620796[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR</p><p>Sicinius / Coponius 49 BCE</p><p>Apollo</p><p>Club draped with lion skin</p><p>Sear 413 Craw 444/1</p><p>Cool history:&nbsp; Sicinius as moneyer with Pompey in exile in the East after Caesar&#039;s invasion. Praetor Coponius commanded Pompey&#039;s Fleet</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]620797[/ATTACH]</p><p>RR</p><p>Faustus Cornelius Sulla</p><p>56 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>Venus</p><p>Signet Pompey</p><p>Sear 386 Craw 426/3</p><p>Cool History:&nbsp; The reverse was a copy of Pompey&#039;s signet ring.&nbsp; The three trophies represented his victories on three continents - Europe, Asia, Africa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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