I really never check my Facebook, but I found this today... Well done, and very creative! Kudos! Travis Mason, Everything about Roman history LOL, that just CRACKED ME UP!!! Here is one of my SULLA coins... post yours! RR Manlius Torquatus L. Corn Sulla 82 BCE AR den 17mm 3.7g Mil mint w Sulla. Roma - Sulla triumpl quadriga vict wreath Cr 367-3 Syd 759 S 286 POST YOUR SULLA COINS!
Winner of the funniest meme ever, goes to... @Alegandron . And the crowd goes hysterical!!! I have always been a Marius guy. And as such, when I began collecting ancients I was incredibly disappointed to learn that there are no Roman coins commemorating one of Romes greatest generals. Here's the closest and it just shares his name, no relation is my understanding. And then the dictator: C. Marius C.f. Capito 81 BC. Rome Serratus AR 17mm., 3,63g. Draped bust of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears, anchor below chin / Ploughman with yoke of oxen left, inverted T above. nearly very fine Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. Former Savoca L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus 82 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.8 g). Military mint traveling with Sulla. Helmeted head of Roma right / Sulla driving triumphal quadriga right; above, crowning Victory flying left. As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome,!
@Ryro : Coins Commemorating MARIUS's VICTORIES RR Anon AR Quinarius 81 BC Apollo MARIUS GAUL Victory S 305 Cr 373-1 RR Fundanius AR Quinarius 101 BCe Marius triumph Jupiter E control Victory captive carnyx Q Sear 205 Craw 326-2 RR Anon AR Quinarius 81 BC Apol MARIUS GAUL Vict var 2 i S 305 Cr 373-1b RR Lucilius Rufus 101 BCE Ar Den Roma Biga Marius Victories S 202 Cr 324-1
..and has to be given sedatives...kool coins of ole Sulla @Alegandron & @Ryro ..i have yet to conquer that lil piece ...but not from lack of trying... Sulla Claus..
More from SANTA SULLA Good gosh, he messes up Rome and messes up Athens! RR Naevius Balbus 79 BCE AR Den Venus SC TRIGA Sulla S 309 Cr 382-1 Athens AE19 c 87-86 BCE Time of SULLA Athena Zeus Sear Grk 2567 R1
There seem to be thousands of these. Very common coin but I liked the obverse style so spent a bit more.
'Twas the night before Kalends, and all throughout Rome Not a creature was stirring, not even a gnome; The optimates slept by their hearths with no care, With hopes that L. Sulla soon would be there; The Marians, dreamt poorly that night in their beds; As fear of proscriptions messed with their heads; A quick settlement in Dardanos, with no time to wait, Then Sulla rushed in through the Colline gate.
