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ID:     711309
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Q. Pomponius Rufus
Date Ruled:     54 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     BC 54
Weight:     4.03 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     SVLLA[. COS]
Obverse Description:     Before, bare head of Sulla right
Reverse Legend:     RVFVS. COS / [Q. POM]. RVFI
Reverse Description:     Bare head of the consul Quintus Pompeius Rufus right
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 434/1
Reference2:     RSC Pompeia 4
Reference3:     Sydenham 908
Reference4:     BMCRR Rome 3883; Kestner 3490
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=76537
Grade:     Good VF, lustrous, struck slightly off center, minor flan flaw on jaw below Sulla's ear
Notes:     Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1309 ($750)The concave appearance of the side with Sulla’s portrait suggests it is the coin’s reverse and that with Rufus’ portrait the obverse.