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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2354930, member: 72818&quot;]Well, not exactly of Sulla himself since this denarius was struck in 56 BC and Sulla died by 78 BC....and it does have some obvious &#039;flaws&#039;, yet it is mostly honest wear and the reverse (and the coin itself) was simply irresistible for me----especially after getting sniped a few days ago on my &#039;winning bid&#039; for a denarius of Cassius. To quote the seller GMBH:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The moneyer of the coin was the son of the Dictator Sulla. The reverse commemorates one of the most important events of his fathers early career---the capture of Jugurtha.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jugurtha, was a Numidian prince who served in the Roman auxiliary cavalry, but who had come to blows with the Romans. Metellus Numidicus was given command to defeat Jugurtha, but Jugurtha was proving a wily adversary and through several campaigning seasons Numidicus was unable to defeat him. In 109 BC one of his legates, Marius, who disagreed with Numidicus&#039; strategy for prosecuting the war, gained the consulship and command in Numidia. However, Jugurtha was proving just as slippery for Marius as he had for Numidicus, One of Marius&#039; junior officers was Sulla and he managed to capture Jugurtha through a ruse. He invited both Jugurtha and Bocchus, the King of Mauretania and Jugurtha&#039;s father-in-law, to a meeting having already convinced Bocchus to betray Jugurtha. When Jugurtha arrived unarmed, his attendants were ambushed. Bocchus immediately handed him over to Sulla.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>It further states that Sulla had a signet ring engraved showing the event and the... &quot;reverse of this coin may be a direct copy of that signet ring&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post any coin however it may relate to this denarius. I&#039;d love to see a few of Bocchus or Jugurtha, let alone of Sulla himself<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>AR denarius of Faustus Cornelius Sulla, Rome mint 56 BC</p><p>18-19 mm, 3.44 grams; Crawford 426/1</p><p>FAVSTVS, Diademed and draped bust of Diana. crescent above, lituus behind.</p><p>FELIX Sulla seated left on raised platform between Bocchus left presenting him a wreath, Jugurtha hands bound behind him, both kneeling.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]479798[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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