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ID:     82000917
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Roman Republican
Issuer:     Q. Pomponius Rufus
Date Ruled:     70 BC
Metal:     Silver
Denomination:     Denarius
Weight:     3.87 g
Die Axis:     7 h
Obverse Description:     Laureate head of Jupiter right
Reverse Description:     Eagle standing left, head right, on scepter, holding wreath; IIII between right leg and scepter, bird to right
Mint:     Rome
Primary Reference:     Crawford 398/1
Reference2:     Sydenham 793
Reference3:     Pomponia 23
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=147373
Grade:     Good VF, lightly toned
Notes:     Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 917 Excellent silver quality One of the rarest moneyers of Roman Republican denarii. Apart from his coins, nothing is known about him. Curiously, this reverse type may have served as the model for the later gold staters of the dynast Coson.