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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5361719, member: 99456"]Happy New Year [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], congrats on the end-of-year coin. I too received an example of this coin this week: Crawford 335/3d - with grasshopper, /3a would be missing the grasshopper, see this <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=99947" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=99947" rel="nofollow">CNG example of 3a</a>. I can also share some emerging notes on this coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1227545[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Malleolus</b>, 96 BC, AR Denarius, 18.2mm, 3.92 g, 5h, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Helmeted head of Mars right; mallet (malleolus, a play on the moneyer's name) above; mark of value below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> CMAL, Naked warrior standing left before trophy, holding spear in right hand, and placing right foot on cuirass, on left, a trophy, and behind, grasshopper above prow, border of dots</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 335/3d</p><p><b>Note:</b> link here for my other <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic?pgid=kezu10xh-4398ae8b-a67b-4fc0-a37a-8ab7868a4b38" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic?pgid=kezu10xh-4398ae8b-a67b-4fc0-a37a-8ab7868a4b38" rel="nofollow">coin of this moneyer</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The scene on the reverse takes some chasing down of Crawford's reference - <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460" rel="nofollow">Journal of Roman Studies (JRS) 1942</a> and an article by Momigliano. This leads to a few passages a in <a href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/LycophronAlexandra.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theoi.com/Text/LycophronAlexandra.html" rel="nofollow">Lycophron's Alexandra.</a> Lycophron is thought to have been a poet from the court of Ptolemy II and a theme of the poem is conflict between and dominance of Europe and Asia. Cassandra tells of the fate of her ancestors (i.e. Aeneas and his descendants in Rome, rulers over "earth and sea") in this passage:</p><p><br /></p><p>Lines 1226-82</p><p><font size="3">"And the fame of the race of my ancestors shall hereafter be exalted to the highest by their descendants, who shall with their spears win the foremost crown of glory, obtaining the sceptre and monarchy of earth and sea. Nor in the darkness of oblivion, my unhappy fatherland, shalt thou hide thy glory faded...."</font></p><p>and 1434-50</p><p><font size="3">And many contests and slaughters in between shall solve the struggles of men, contending for dread empire, now on land, now on the plough-turned backs of earth, until a tawny lion – sprung from Aeacus and from Dardanus, Thesprotian at once and Chalastraean – shall lull to rest the grievous tumult, and, overturning on its face all the house of his kindred, shall compel the chiefs of the Argives to cower and fawn upon the wolf-leader of Galadra, and to hand over the sceptre of the ancient monarchy. With him, after six generations, my kinsman, an unique wrestler, shall join battle by sea and land and come to terms, and shall be celebrated among his friends as most excellent, when he has received the first fruits of the spear-won spoils.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>The context for these passages could be one or more of the</p><p>- Pyrrhic War - Roman defeat of Pyrrus</p><p>- Second Macedonian War - Roman defeat of Philip V</p><p>- Roman-Seleucid War - Roman defeat of Antiochus at Thermopylae</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding Thermopylae a summary of Livy Book 36:</p><p><font size="3">"Acilius Glabrio the consul, with the aid of King Philip, defeated Antiochus at Thermopylae and drove him from Greece, and also subdued the Aetolians. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica the consul dedicated the temple of the Mother of the Gods, whom he himself had established on the Palatine, after being adjudged the best man by the senate. He also received the surrender of the Gallic Boii after their defeat, and triumphed over them. Besides, naval victories over the officers of Antiochus are recorded."</font></p><p><font size="3">- Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0165%3Abook%3D36s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0165%3Abook%3D36s" rel="nofollow">Book 36, Summary</a>, Evan T. Sage, University of Pittsburgh</font></p><p><br /></p><p>So, if I follow the bread-crumbs correctly, a general expression of Roman "<i>terra marique parta (victoriis) pax</i>" == "peace through victory on land and sea" on the reverse and perhaps specific contributions to Roman victories of the moneyer's ancestors.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><b>References:</b></font></p><p><font size="3">Momigliano, A. (1942). '<a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460" rel="nofollow">Terra Marique</a>'. <i>The Journal of Roman Studies,</i> <i>32</i>, 53-64. </font></p><p><font size="3"> JONES, K. (2014). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43286070" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/43286070" rel="nofollow">LYCOPHRON'S "ALEXANDRA", THE ROMANS AND ANTIOCHUS III</a>. <i>The Journal of Hellenic Studies,</i> <i>134</i>, 41-55.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 5361719, member: 99456"]Happy New Year [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER], congrats on the end-of-year coin. I too received an example of this coin this week: Crawford 335/3d - with grasshopper, /3a would be missing the grasshopper, see this [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=99947']CNG example of 3a[/URL]. I can also share some emerging notes on this coin: [ATTACH=full]1227545[/ATTACH] [B]C. Malleolus[/B], 96 BC, AR Denarius, 18.2mm, 3.92 g, 5h, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Helmeted head of Mars right; mallet (malleolus, a play on the moneyer's name) above; mark of value below chin [B]Rev:[/B] CMAL, Naked warrior standing left before trophy, holding spear in right hand, and placing right foot on cuirass, on left, a trophy, and behind, grasshopper above prow, border of dots [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 335/3d [B]Note:[/B] link here for my other [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/roman-republic?pgid=kezu10xh-4398ae8b-a67b-4fc0-a37a-8ab7868a4b38']coin of this moneyer[/URL] The scene on the reverse takes some chasing down of Crawford's reference - [URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460']Journal of Roman Studies (JRS) 1942[/URL] and an article by Momigliano. This leads to a few passages a in [URL='https://www.theoi.com/Text/LycophronAlexandra.html']Lycophron's Alexandra.[/URL] Lycophron is thought to have been a poet from the court of Ptolemy II and a theme of the poem is conflict between and dominance of Europe and Asia. Cassandra tells of the fate of her ancestors (i.e. Aeneas and his descendants in Rome, rulers over "earth and sea") in this passage: Lines 1226-82 [SIZE=3]"And the fame of the race of my ancestors shall hereafter be exalted to the highest by their descendants, who shall with their spears win the foremost crown of glory, obtaining the sceptre and monarchy of earth and sea. Nor in the darkness of oblivion, my unhappy fatherland, shalt thou hide thy glory faded...."[/SIZE] and 1434-50 [SIZE=3]And many contests and slaughters in between shall solve the struggles of men, contending for dread empire, now on land, now on the plough-turned backs of earth, until a tawny lion – sprung from Aeacus and from Dardanus, Thesprotian at once and Chalastraean – shall lull to rest the grievous tumult, and, overturning on its face all the house of his kindred, shall compel the chiefs of the Argives to cower and fawn upon the wolf-leader of Galadra, and to hand over the sceptre of the ancient monarchy. With him, after six generations, my kinsman, an unique wrestler, shall join battle by sea and land and come to terms, and shall be celebrated among his friends as most excellent, when he has received the first fruits of the spear-won spoils.[/SIZE] The context for these passages could be one or more of the - Pyrrhic War - Roman defeat of Pyrrus - Second Macedonian War - Roman defeat of Philip V - Roman-Seleucid War - Roman defeat of Antiochus at Thermopylae Regarding Thermopylae a summary of Livy Book 36: [SIZE=3]"Acilius Glabrio the consul, with the aid of King Philip, defeated Antiochus at Thermopylae and drove him from Greece, and also subdued the Aetolians. Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica the consul dedicated the temple of the Mother of the Gods, whom he himself had established on the Palatine, after being adjudged the best man by the senate. He also received the surrender of the Gallic Boii after their defeat, and triumphed over them. Besides, naval victories over the officers of Antiochus are recorded." - Titus Livius (Livy), The History of Rome, [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0165%3Abook%3D36s']Book 36, Summary[/URL], Evan T. Sage, University of Pittsburgh[/SIZE] So, if I follow the bread-crumbs correctly, a general expression of Roman "[I]terra marique parta (victoriis) pax[/I]" == "peace through victory on land and sea" on the reverse and perhaps specific contributions to Roman victories of the moneyer's ancestors. [SIZE=3][B]References:[/B] Momigliano, A. (1942). '[URL='https://www.jstor.org/stable/296460']Terra Marique[/URL]'. [I]The Journal of Roman Studies,[/I] [I]32[/I], 53-64. JONES, K. (2014). [URL='http://www.jstor.org/stable/43286070']LYCOPHRON'S "ALEXANDRA", THE ROMANS AND ANTIOCHUS III[/URL]. [I]The Journal of Hellenic Studies,[/I] [I]134[/I], 41-55.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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