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Obverse: curule chair, arrow left, laurel branch right; Q·POMPEI·Q·F / RVFVS / COS
Reverse: curule chair, lituus left, wreath right; SVLLA·COS / Q·POMPEI·RVF
Diameter:
17 mm
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.1 g
Die Orientation: -
Weight: 4.1 g
Coin commemorates two moneyer's grandfathers. Q. Pompeius Rufus, member of the college (collegium) with priestly duties - decimviri sacris faciundis (obverse), and L. Cornelius Sulla, Augur (reverse), held consularship together in 88 BC.
Crawford 434/2, SRCV I 400, RSC I Pompeia 5, Cornelia 49, Sydenham 909