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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carthago, post: 2453401, member: 76111&quot;]Here&#039;s another one minted under the authority of the same men, though quite a bit more rare that the triskeles type.&nbsp; Sydenham R7 though that has always seem a bit too rare from my review of older catalogues.</p><p><br /></p><p>According to Sear in CRI &quot;Caesar himself records (De Bello Civili, iii, 4, 1) that &#039;He [Pompey] had made up nine legions of Roman citizens - five which he had brought across from Italy; one of veterans, from Cilicia; one from Crete and Macedonia, of veterans who had settled in these provinces after their discharge by their previous commanders; and two from Asia, which Lentulus when consul had ordered to be enrolled&#039;. Thus, we know that Lentulus was active in raising troops for Pompey in the province of Asia, and it seems probable that this denarius was issued at Ephesus in connection with these activities.&quot; p. 7</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]512827[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. Summer 49 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.71 g, 11h). Ephesus mint. Head of Jupiter right, wearing long beard / Cult-image of Diana (Artemis) Ephesia facing; COS (MAR) up left, L • LENTVLVS down right. Crawford 445/3b; CRI 6; Sydenham 1031; Kestner 3532; BMCRR East 23; Cornelia 66.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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