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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Edessa, post: 8216160, member: 84065&quot;]L. Cornelius Sulla, 84-83 BC. AR Denarius. Military mint moving with Sulla. Obv: L SVLLA; Diademed head of Venus right; to right, Cupid standing left, holding palm frond. Rev: Capis and lituus between two trophies; IMPER above, ITERV below. Ref: Crawford 359/2; Sydenham 761a; Cornelia 30; RBW 1364. </p><p><br /></p><p>David Sear, in his Millennium Edition Roman Coins and Their Values (Volume 1) has the following to say about this coin type: &quot;On this exceptional military issue Sulla strikes in the East as Imperator without reference to senatorial authorization, an ominous foreshadowing of the imperatorial age of the 40s and 30s BC.&quot; (page 124). </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1442272[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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