Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Lot 3709 SESSION 18 (11.30AM FRIDAY 24TH NOV) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Republic
Estimate $500
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SOLD $600
CN. CORNELIUS LENTULUS MARCELLINUS, (c.76-75 B.C.), silver denarius, uncertain Spanish mint, (3.78 g), obv. Genius of the Roman People with diadem, draped bust to right, sceptre on shoulder and G.P.R. above, rev. EX SC divided by globe between rudder and sceptre, CN. LEN. Q below, (S.323, Cr.393/1a, Syd.752, B.Cornelia 54). Brilliant, with full mint bloom, good extremely fine and rare.
Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 113, lot 4752.
This issue was struck to pay Pompey's troops during one of his campaigns in Spain in 76 B.C. Cn. Lentulus struck in Spain in his capacity as questor to the proconsul Pompey, who had been sent to the peninsula to assist Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius in the protracted war against Sertorius.
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