My latest post and coin are now on sullacoins.com: https://www.sullacoins.com/post/brutus-in-lycia-42-bce By early 42 BCE the triumvirs Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus controlled Italy and the West, and war was certain. Brutus and Cassius, commanding the East, had perhaps twenty legions to feed and pay, and a legionary's wage alone came to hundreds of denarii a year, millions upon millions of coins that had to come from somewhere. They came from the cities of the East. Most paid. Rhodes and the Lycian League refused. So Cassius sailed for Rhodes, and Brutus marched into Lycia, where the League's chief city, Xanthos, shut its gates...... This is where the story of this coin begins. Post your coins of the triumvirs, the liberators, or anything else that you find interesting or entertaining.
A newly added coin of Mark Antony prompted a rewrite of one of my most popular posts (2,396 visitors) on the "Coins of the Second Triumvirate". The coins are reorganized around Woytek's chronology (Arma et Nummi, 2003), with more context to tell the story of the time between Julius Caesar's assassination, the death of Mark Anthony and evolution of Octavian to Augustus. The entry is illustrated with 22 coins from 43 to 18 BCE. https://www.sullacoins.com/post/coins-of-the-second-triumvirate
AUGUSTUS (OCTAVIAN) AE Dupondius OBVERSE: CAESAR DIVI F, bare head of Octavian right REVERSE: DIVOS IVLIVS, wreathed head of Julius Caesar right Gallic or Italian mint 38 BC 30mm; 17.90 g CR535/v1, RPC620v MARCUS ANTONIUS Ionia Silver Cistophoric Tetradrachm OBVERSE: M ANTONIVS IMP COS DESIG ITER ET TERT, head of Antony right, wreathed in ivy, lituus below, all within wreath of ivy and grapes REVERSE: III VIR R P C, bust of Octavia right on cista flanked by snakes Ephesus 39 BC 11.8gm, 26mm RPC I 2201, Sydenham 1197, Sear 262
Yes, quiet for sure. I miss the days when the forum was busy, and I know I can navigate to another site, but I'm old and stubborn.
