April 26, 2024
POMPEY the Great 49 BC APOLLO /Club Ancient Roman Coin Silver Denarius Sicinia 1
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Ancient ROMAN REPUBLIC CoinageROMAN REPUBLICANCIENT COINAGEQ. Sicinius and C. Coponius49 BC.Time of Julius Caesar, Pompey the GreatStruck 49 BC ~ the year Caesar's army crosses the Rubicon and Civil War begins between Caesar and the Republican forces of Pompey. Julius Caesar is victorious, becomes dictator of the Roman Republic.Military mint traveling in the East with Pompey, perhaps at Ephesus.AR (Silver) Denarius. 3.86g. 16mm.Obverse: Q • SICINIVS - III • VIR, diademed head of Apollo right; below, star.Reverse: C • COPONIVS • PR • S • C, club of Hercules draped with lion's skin; in left field, arrow; in right field, bow.Ref. Crawford 444/1a; HCRI 3; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1; Coponia 2. RARE.Well struck and well centered. Nearly Mint State, Attractive toning, underlying luster.Moneyer Q. Sicinius with the praetor C. Coponius. This type was struck somewhere in the East after Q. Sicinius fled along with the rest of the Pompeian senators. The Roman proconsul held residence at Ephesus, and it was perhaps there that this issue was struck.On the outbreak of the civil war, both moneyers left Rome and joined the forces of Pompey in Greece, Coponius being in command of the Rhodian fleet. The coins of Sicinius were struck in Rome, but the joint issues of Sicinius and Coponius are generally assigned to Asia Minor. This isue was struck to support
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