Lot 501
Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius (49 BC), Silver Denarius, 3.70g. Q. Sicinius and C. Coponius (49 BC), Silver Denarius, 3.70g. Military mint travelling in the East with Pompey, perhaps at Ephesus. Q SICINIVS III VIR, diademed head of Apollo right, star below. Rev. C COPONIVS PR S C, club of Hercules draped with lion skin, arrow in left field, bow in right field (Crawford 444/1a; HCRI 3; Sydenham 939; Sicinia 1). Well struck and well centred, the surfaces are lustrous with a touch of light tone, nearly mint state. The moneyer Q. Sicinius struck this type with the praetor C. Coponius somewhere in the East after he fled along with the rest of the Pompeian senators. The club and lion’s skin on the reverse resembles half- and quarter-cistophori that were struck in a number of eastern cities, including Apamea, Ephesus, Pergamum, Sardes and Tralles. The Roman proconsul held residence at Ephesus and it was perhaps there that this issue was struck.
Estimated Value $1,500-UP.
Ex NAC Auction 59, 4-5 April 2011, lot 814.
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