Roman Republican Coins
Lot 4027 SESSION 13 (9.30am Friday) Roman Republican Coins
Estimate $300
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $500
Q. POMPEIUS RUFUS, (c.54 B.C.), silver denarius, Rome mint, (3.478 grams), obv. SVLLA COS, bare head of the dictator L.Cornelius Sulla (consul 88 B.C.), rev. bare head of Q Pompeius Rufus (consul 88 B.C.), RVFVS COS behind, Q P[OM RVFI] before, (S.399 Cr.434/1, Syd.908, B.Pompeia 4). Bright, fine and very rare.
Ex M.R. Roberts, Sydney with their ticket ($550). The moneyer here honours his two grandfathers, both consul in the same year. The type provides the only authentic portrait of the famous dictator to survive from antiquity.
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