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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;akeady, post: 4510305, member: 83175&quot;]&quot;Sulla&#039;s Dream&quot; denarius. - OK, it probably isn&#039;t actually Sulla, but that is the traditional interpretation of this coin!</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of L. Aemilius Buca </p><p>Obv. L. BVCA - Diademed head of Venus right, wearing earring and necklace</p><p>Rev.&nbsp; Sulla&#039;s dream: in the foreground on left, Sulla reclining right against a rock, his left arm supporting his head; on right is seen Luna Lucifera, wearing crescent on head, descending left from a mountain, her veil floating above her head and holding lighted torch in right hand; Victory with spread wings standing facing in background, holding palm frond in raised right hand.</p><p>Mint: Rome (January 44 BC)</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 2.95g / 17mm / 2h</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>Crawford 480/1</li> <li>Sydenham 1064</li> <li>RSC 12 (Aemilia)</li> <li>HCRI 164</li> <li>RBW 1677</li> </ul><p>Provenances:</p><ul> <li>Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection</li> <li>Ex. CNG 37, 20-Mar-1996, lot 1331</li> <li>Ex. Dupriez 112bis, April 1913, lot 436</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_SullasDreamDenari.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this with the provenance back to 1996 and was pleased to find the 1913 sale appearance in Banti - the break was quite distinctive in the old photograph.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Next - another case where you discovered an old provenance after buying the coin</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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