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<p>[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4517052, member: 15481"]Oh, great coins and write-up. Here we’re into some of the most fascinating times. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119133[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>About L.Manlius Torquatus:</p><p>«Torquatus belonged to the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)" rel="nofollow">patrician</a> <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manlia_(gens)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manlia_(gens)" rel="nofollow">Manlii</a>, one of the oldest Roman houses. He was <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proquaestor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proquaestor" rel="nofollow">proquaestor</a> in Asia under <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla" rel="nofollow">Lucius Cornelius Sulla</a> in 84 BC, for whom he issued gold and silver coinage.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> He returned to <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome" rel="nofollow">Rome</a> with Sulla in 82 BC where he fought at the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Colline_Gate_(82_BC)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Colline_Gate_(82_BC)" rel="nofollow">Battle of the Colline Gate</a>.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> He was elected <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetor" rel="nofollow">Praetor</a> by 68 BC, and was possibly a <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus" rel="nofollow">legate</a> under <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey" rel="nofollow">Pompey</a> before taking up his new post of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promagistrate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promagistrate" rel="nofollow">propraetor</a> of the Roman province of <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_(Roman_province)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_(Roman_province)" rel="nofollow">Asia</a> in 67 BC.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a>» (Wikipedia)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin that is often refered to regarding Sulla:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119134[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Faustus Cornelius Sulla. </b>56 BC. AR Denarius (3.69 gm). Diademed bust of Diana right; crescent above, lituus behind / Sulla seated left, Bocchus and Jugurtha kneeling beneath. Crawford 426/1; Sydenham 879; Cornelia 59.</p><p><br /></p><p>«Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia in defiance of Roman decrees dividing it between several members of the royal family. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as <i>quaestor </i>in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius. On the reverse of this coin, Bocchus offers an olive branch to a seated Sulla, with a bound Jugurtha kneeling beside him.» (Source: CNG)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="svessien, post: 4517052, member: 15481"]Oh, great coins and write-up. Here we’re into some of the most fascinating times. [ATTACH=full]1119133[/ATTACH] About L.Manlius Torquatus: «Torquatus belonged to the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)']patrician[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manlia_(gens)']Manlii[/URL], one of the oldest Roman houses. He was [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proquaestor']proquaestor[/URL] in Asia under [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Cornelius_Sulla']Lucius Cornelius Sulla[/URL] in 84 BC, for whom he issued gold and silver coinage.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-1'][1][/URL] He returned to [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome']Rome[/URL] with Sulla in 82 BC where he fought at the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Colline_Gate_(82_BC)']Battle of the Colline Gate[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-2'][2][/URL] He was elected [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praetor']Praetor[/URL] by 68 BC, and was possibly a [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legatus']legate[/URL] under [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompey']Pompey[/URL] before taking up his new post of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promagistrate']propraetor[/URL] of the Roman province of [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_(Roman_province)']Asia[/URL] in 67 BC.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Manlius_Torquatus#cite_note-3'][3][/URL]» (Wikipedia) Here is a coin that is often refered to regarding Sulla: [ATTACH=full]1119134[/ATTACH] [B]Faustus Cornelius Sulla. [/B]56 BC. AR Denarius (3.69 gm). Diademed bust of Diana right; crescent above, lituus behind / Sulla seated left, Bocchus and Jugurtha kneeling beneath. Crawford 426/1; Sydenham 879; Cornelia 59. «Faustus was the son of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the famous general and dictator of Rome (138-78 BC). The coin portrays Sulla's first great victory, in which he ended the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, grandson of Massinissa of Numidia, had claimed the entire kingdom of Numidia in defiance of Roman decrees dividing it between several members of the royal family. Rome declared war on Jugurtha in 111 BC, but for five years the wily king frustrated all efforts to bring him to heel. Finally, in 106 the popular general Marius was assigned command, with Sulla as [I]quaestor [/I]in charge of cavalry. Before Marius could take to the field against the enemy, however, Sulla arranged with his ally Bocchus of Mauretania to have Jugurtha ambushed and captured. Sulla was acclaimed for the bloodless end of the war, gaining his first victory and the eternal enmity of Marius. On the reverse of this coin, Bocchus offers an olive branch to a seated Sulla, with a bound Jugurtha kneeling beside him.» (Source: CNG)[/QUOTE]
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