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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8351893, member: 99456"]Here's another denarius from a year earlier - Cn. Lucretius Trio is only known from his coins. For comparison with the OP coin - this issue has 170 obverse dies estimated by Crawford. This is 237/1a - the 1b coin has a different style necklace on Roma. Relevant to your coin, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], in 135 BC the First Servile War broke out in Sicily, a slave rebellion that lasted from 135 until 132 BC. Although there were some good reasons for the rebellion (see <a href="http://attalus.org/translate/diodorus34.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://attalus.org/translate/diodorus34.html" rel="nofollow">Diodorus Siculus 34.2</a>), as you might imagine it didn't end well for the slaves (tens of thousands killed and crucified).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1481935[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cn. Lucretius Trio, 136 BC</b>, AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88g, 3h). Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted head of Roma right; TRIO downward behind head, X (mark of value) below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CN LVCR, the Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback riding right, ROMA in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 237/1a; Sydenham 450; Lucretia 1; RBW 978.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 8351893, member: 99456"]Here's another denarius from a year earlier - Cn. Lucretius Trio is only known from his coins. For comparison with the OP coin - this issue has 170 obverse dies estimated by Crawford. This is 237/1a - the 1b coin has a different style necklace on Roma. Relevant to your coin, [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], in 135 BC the First Servile War broke out in Sicily, a slave rebellion that lasted from 135 until 132 BC. Although there were some good reasons for the rebellion (see [URL='http://attalus.org/translate/diodorus34.html']Diodorus Siculus 34.2[/URL]), as you might imagine it didn't end well for the slaves (tens of thousands killed and crucified). [ATTACH=full]1481935[/ATTACH] [B]Cn. Lucretius Trio, 136 BC[/B], AR Denarius (18mm, 3.88g, 3h). Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Helmeted head of Roma right; TRIO downward behind head, X (mark of value) below chin [B]Rev:[/B] CN LVCR, the Dioscuri, each holding spear, on horseback riding right, ROMA in exergue [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 237/1a; Sydenham 450; Lucretia 1; RBW 978.[/QUOTE]
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