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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Carausius, post: 2732633, member: 76440&quot;]This was a pretty hectic time in Roman history. The expensive Social War with Rome&#039;s Italian allies (who demanded citizenship rights) had just ended.&nbsp; Marius was in control of Rome at the beginning of 87 BC, but Sulla would soon march on Rome, take control of the City and campaign against Mithradates in the East.&nbsp; Note that the family of these moneyers were supporters of Marius.&nbsp; The Senate could have requested additional coin production for lots of reasons relating to any of these described events. Neither Crawford, Grueber or Sydenham state a theory as to the specific need for this issue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Below is an S.C. denarius from my collection by Publius Lentulus Spinther in 71 BC (Craw 397/1):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621642[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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