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<p>[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1999198, member: 44132"][ATTACH=full]358124[/ATTACH] </p><p>SEXTUS POMPEY; GENS POMPEIA AE As </p><p>OBVERSE: MAGN above laureate janiform head with features of Pompey the Great REVERSE: PIVS above, IMP below, prow of galley right </p><p>Sicilian 43-36 BC </p><p>22.8g, 31mm </p><p>Syd 1044a, Cr479/1, Pompeia 20v, Cohen 16</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]358125[/ATTACH] </p><p>L.CORNELIUS LENTULUE & C.CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CORNELIA AR Denarius </p><p>OBVERSE: Facing head of Medusa in center of triskeles, ear of corn between each leg </p><p>REVERSE: Jupiter standing right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; LENT MAR to left, COS to right. </p><p>Rome 49 BC </p><p>3.08g, 18-16mm </p><p>Crawford 445/1b; Sear 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a</p><p>This coin was struck by the two consuls of 49 BC. As supporters of Pompey, they</p><p>opposed Caesar, and had fled to Sicily, where this particular issue was struck[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bing, post: 1999198, member: 44132"][ATTACH=full]358124[/ATTACH] SEXTUS POMPEY; GENS POMPEIA AE As OBVERSE: MAGN above laureate janiform head with features of Pompey the Great REVERSE: PIVS above, IMP below, prow of galley right Sicilian 43-36 BC 22.8g, 31mm Syd 1044a, Cr479/1, Pompeia 20v, Cohen 16 [ATTACH=full]358125[/ATTACH] L.CORNELIUS LENTULUE & C.CLAUDIUS MARCELLUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS CORNELIA AR Denarius OBVERSE: Facing head of Medusa in center of triskeles, ear of corn between each leg REVERSE: Jupiter standing right, holding thunderbolt and eagle; LENT MAR to left, COS to right. Rome 49 BC 3.08g, 18-16mm Crawford 445/1b; Sear 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a This coin was struck by the two consuls of 49 BC. As supporters of Pompey, they opposed Caesar, and had fled to Sicily, where this particular issue was struck[/QUOTE]
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