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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7487764, member: 99456&quot;]&quot;On its summit, which is flat, stands the temple of Venus Erycina, which is indisputably the first in wealth and general magnificence of all the Sicilian holy places. The city extends along the hill under the actual summit, the ascent to it being very long and steep on all sides.&quot;</p><p>- Polybius, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/polybius/1*.html#55" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/polybius/1*.html#55" rel="nofollow"><u>World History, I.55</u></a></p><p><br /></p><p>My latest Roman Republican denarius has an amazing birds-eye view of the temple from Sicily or the replica that was constructed in Rome.&nbsp;&nbsp; There is room for interpretation on this with arguments for the Roman replica made in Michael Harlan&#039;s book on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Republican-Moneyers-Their-Coins/dp/0713476729" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Roman-Republican-Moneyers-Their-Coins/dp/0713476729" rel="nofollow"><u>Roman Republican Moneyers</u></a>. It is the first coin to show such a landscape. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295223[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Considius Nonianus</b>, 56 BC, AR Denarius (17mm, 4.0g, 12h), Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate and draped bust of Venus Erycina right, wearing stephane and earring; C • CONSIDI • NONIANI downward to left, S • C upward to right</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Temple on summit of rocky mountain surrounded by wall with towers on each side and gate in center; ERVC above gate</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-424.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-424.1" rel="nofollow"><u>424/1</u></a>; Sydenham 886; Considia 1</p><p><b>Notes:</b> a longer post here <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-temple-on-mt-eryx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/the-temple-on-mt-eryx" rel="nofollow">The Temple on Mt. Eryx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A nice surprise to find that this coin had some lost provenance:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1295221[/ATTACH]&nbsp; <a href="https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/catalogues/auction-1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.arsclassicacoins.com/catalogues/auction-1/" rel="nofollow"><u>NAC AG Catalogues Auction 1</u></a> 1989 Lot 689</p><p><br /></p><p><b><b><u>Sulla References</u></b></b></p><p>Issued during the First Triumvirate, there are also Sulla references possible for this coin as Pompey&#039;s supporters - opposing Julius Caesar&#039;s populism and advocating for the conservative control by the nobles or optimates - claimed favor by Venus as successors to Sulla. Pompey started his career as a supporter of Sulla in his return to Rome after the First Mithridatic War and married Sulla&#039;s daughter Aemilia. Pompey later remarried, it is unclear what happened to Aemilia. The reference to Sulla could also be to the Temple of Venus outside the Colline Gate where Sulla camped before his definitive victory in the last Battle with the Marians in 82 BC. Crassus, and Pompey both fought for Sulla in the Battle of the Colline Gate, and Crassus played a key role in this victory.</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Post your coins with ancient landscapes, hidden provenance or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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