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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2403116, member: 51347&quot;]Marsic Confederation - Social War 91-88 BCE</p><p>[ATTACH=full]495512[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]495513[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies</p><p>Social War 90-88 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>19x17.9mm, 3.7g</p><p>Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint</p><p>Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind</p><p>Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard.</p><p>Comment: The reverse is based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War</p><p>Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621</p><p>Rare</p><p><br /></p><p>Comment:&nbsp; The oath taking scene presumably refers to the oaths between the 8 members of the Marsic confederation: Marsi, Peligni, Piceni, Vestini, Samnites, Frentani, Marrucini, and Lucani.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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