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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 8234612, member: 26430&quot;]<i><span style="color: #ff0000">EDIT: I <b>think</b> I fixed the BMC image!</span></i></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Re: Athens</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not sure about the exact timing of the conflict and when these Sulla / Lucullus Athenian coins (the &quot;flats of Lucullus&quot; or &quot;Λευκόλλεα&quot; - Lucullans). In another thread these were recently referred to as &quot;Sack of Athens&quot; Tetradrachms, struck more like 86 BCE. Here&#039;s mine again:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448385[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Re: Servile Wars</b></p><p>I have none of my own, but I am fascinated by some of the great coins related to the Servile Wars in various ways.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the First (I think), there are extremely rare coins of Eunus (in the name of Antiochos, the regnal name he chose). It was discussed at an ANS Long Table last year and some coins shown (I can probably share more notes if anyone&#039;s interested), but the one I always see reproduced online is the British Museum bronze specimen (I think also illustrated in Hoover):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448391[/ATTACH]</p><p>Image from British museum website; description, Wiki: &quot;Bronze coin minted by Eunos under the name of Antiochos. On the obverse is the head of Demeter, while the reverse shows a grain ear.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the most recognizable variety, one with imagery from the (Second or Third?) Servile War.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>It&#039;s not my specimen</b>, but from the JB (Edmonton, dec. 2019) collection (which interests me, as I have coins from it that came to me from at least four different venues in late 2019!) &amp; Ancient &amp; Medieval Coins Canada Auctions (<a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8386657" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8386657" rel="nofollow">Auction 3, 187</a>). Cataloged in AMCCA3 as alluding to Mn. Aquillius&#039;s grandfather&#039;s role in the 2nd Servile War, but I&#039;ve also seen it described as his father&#039;s role in the 3rd Servile War (Spartacus!). Apologies for posting without researching enough to have an opinion on which is the better explanation:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1448390[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JB&#039;s name isn&#039;t public, so not sure if he was a CT member, but one CT member was the executor of his coin-estate and I believe another catalogs/operates AMCC.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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