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Q Pompeius Rufus
Rome, 54 BC
Avers: Sella Curulis between arrow and palm leaf above Q POMPEI Q F/RVFVS, below COS
Revers: Sella Curulis, left lituus, above SVLLA COS, below Q Pompei RVF
Sear 400, Crawford 434/2, Albert 1364
The two grandfathers of the moneyer Q. Pompeius Rufus (arrow and palm leaf refering to his title as Decemvir Sacris Faciundis) and Sulla (Lituus and laurel wreath because of his job as augur) were together consuls in 88 B.C.
Collection : Roman Republic + Imperatorial