Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 905. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

L. Cornelius Lentulus and C. Claudius Marcellus. 49 BC. AR Denarius (3.72 g, 7h). Pompeian military mint in the East. Winged head of Medusa facing, in centre of triskelis; ear of grain between each leg / Jupiter standing facing, head right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. Crawford 445/1b; CRI 4; Sydenham 1029; Cornelia 64a. VF, gold and gray toning, obverse struck slightly off center. Well struck for issue.

Ex Duke of Northumberland Collection (Sotheby’s, 4 November 1982), lot 400.