SEXTUS POMPEIUS FOSTLUS AR DENARIUS, 137 B.C.E.
Crawford 444/1a, Sydenham 939, Sicinia 1 & Coponia 1, Good Very Fine, toned, slt. reverse edge porosity, light obv. scuff, 18mm, 3.90 grams, Struck Circa. 49 B.C.E., Military mint in the East, moving with Pompey; C. Coponius, praetor
Obverse: Q·SICINIVS III·VIR around diademed head of Apollo to right, star below
Reverse: Club of Hercules surmounted by lion skin, scalp in profile to right, bow to right, arrow to left, C • COPONIVS • PR • S • C around
Beautiful irridescent old cabinet toning on this nicely struck and detailed denarius!
Ex: English Collection, with collector's tag dated 1967
