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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4519480, member: 99456&quot;]Congrats on the new RR additions.&nbsp; Here is an L. Censor from the same time period. It has been slow progress for me on the RR front, only a couple of RRs added, one of which is taking far to long to arrive by mail.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1119618[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Censorinus</b>, 82 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Marsyas standing left, raising hand and holding wineskin over shoulder; to right, column surmounted by statue (Victory? Minerva?) standing right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 363/1d (no control marks; ~197 obv and ~228 rev dies per Crawford RRC)</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this coin was issued by a supporter of the Marius and Cinna (Populares), with Marsyas read as a symbol of freedom, the Greek version of the story of Marsayas offers a grim foretelling of what comes from a vengeful Sulla after the Battle at the Colline Gate, first day of the month (kalends) in November 82 BC (see <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Velleius_Paterculus/2A*.html#27.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Velleius_Paterculus/2A*.html#27.1" rel="nofollow">Velleius</a> or <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#93" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Appian/Civil_Wars/1*.html#93" rel="nofollow">Appian</a>).&nbsp; In the Greek story, Marsyas is a reminder of a god&#039;s right to punish anyone who dares to challenge them.</p><p><img src="https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/api/collection/v1/iiif/399626/779525/main-image" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Apollo and Marsyas and the Judgment of Midas</b> (<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/399626" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/399626" rel="nofollow">Melchior Meier, AD 1581</a>) - Midas, right, punished for choosing Marsyas as the winner in the music competition with Apollo, and Marsyas, left, flayed by Apollo, center, for his hubris in challenging the god.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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