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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7915330, member: 99456"]A beautiful coin [USER=114961]@FrizzyAntoine[/USER], and an enjoyable writeup. The video shows off the coin well. I can only share a relative's earlier coin: this Marcellinus is the son of M. Claudius Marcellus - legate to Marius (Lucius Cornelius Sulla was one of Marius' lieutenants at the time). M. Claudius Marcellus distinguished himself at Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC (Aix-en-Provence, France). The moneyer was father to Cn. Lentulus who was Consul in 56 BC. It is not clear to me how this moneyer relates to your 5 time consul - they must be separated by several generations.</p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>"At Aquae Sextiae, Marius, purposing to fight a decisive battle with the Teutons on the morrow, sent Marcellus by night with a small detachment of horse and foot to the rear of the enemy, and, to complete the illusion of a large force, ordered armed grooms and camp-followers to go along with them, and also a large part of the pack-animals, wearing saddle-cloths, in order by this means to present the appearance of cavalry. He commanded these men to fall upon the enemy from the rear, as soon as they should notice that the engagement had begun. This scheme struck such terror into the enemy that despite their great ferocity they turned and fled."</i></font></p><p><font size="4">-<b>Sextus Julius Frontinus</b>, Stratagems, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/frontinus/strategemata/2*.html#4.6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/frontinus/strategemata/2*.html#4.6" rel="nofollow">Book II 4.6</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>"Meanwhile, since the position of the Barbarians was commanded by sloping glens and ravines that were shaded by trees, Marius sent Claudius Marcellus thither with three thousand men-at‑arms, under orders to lie concealed in ambush until the battle was on, and then to show themselves in the enemy's rear."</i></font></p><p><font size="4">-<b>Plutarch</b>, Lives, <a href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#20.4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#20.4" rel="nofollow">Marius 20.4</a></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><i>"Previous to an engagement with the Teutones and Cimbri, Marius ordered Marcellus with three thousand heavy-armed troops in the night to take a circuit round the mountains, and endeavour to make good their march over the more inaccessible parts of them, in the enemy's rear. When this was achieved, Marius ordered his troops to fall back from the higher ground onto the plain; that the enemy presuming on their inferiority might pursue them, and be thus decoyed onto level ground. The maneuver succeeded; and Marius attacking them in front, and Marcellus in the rear, obtained a brilliant victory."</i></font></p><p><font size="4">-<b>Polyaenus</b>, Strategem, <a href="http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus8A.html#10.2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus8A.html#10.2" rel="nofollow">Book 8 10.2</a></font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1367674[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus</b>, 100 BC, AR denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>ROMA, bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •/R /</p><p><b>Rev: </b>LENT MAR F, Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/R between them; all within laurel wreath</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (control letter); <a href="https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/denarius-minted-p-cornelius-lentulus-marcellinus-representing-rome-crowned-genius-roman-people-100" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/denarius-minted-p-cornelius-lentulus-marcellinus-representing-rome-crowned-genius-roman-people-100" rel="nofollow">a writeup on this coin here</a>; and my notes <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" rel="nofollow">Unencrypting Crawford RRC</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 7915330, member: 99456"]A beautiful coin [USER=114961]@FrizzyAntoine[/USER], and an enjoyable writeup. The video shows off the coin well. I can only share a relative's earlier coin: this Marcellinus is the son of M. Claudius Marcellus - legate to Marius (Lucius Cornelius Sulla was one of Marius' lieutenants at the time). M. Claudius Marcellus distinguished himself at Aquae Sextiae in 102 BC (Aix-en-Provence, France). The moneyer was father to Cn. Lentulus who was Consul in 56 BC. It is not clear to me how this moneyer relates to your 5 time consul - they must be separated by several generations. [SIZE=4] [I]"At Aquae Sextiae, Marius, purposing to fight a decisive battle with the Teutons on the morrow, sent Marcellus by night with a small detachment of horse and foot to the rear of the enemy, and, to complete the illusion of a large force, ordered armed grooms and camp-followers to go along with them, and also a large part of the pack-animals, wearing saddle-cloths, in order by this means to present the appearance of cavalry. He commanded these men to fall upon the enemy from the rear, as soon as they should notice that the engagement had begun. This scheme struck such terror into the enemy that despite their great ferocity they turned and fled."[/I] -[B]Sextus Julius Frontinus[/B], Stratagems, [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/frontinus/strategemata/2*.html#4.6']Book II 4.6[/URL] [I]"Meanwhile, since the position of the Barbarians was commanded by sloping glens and ravines that were shaded by trees, Marius sent Claudius Marcellus thither with three thousand men-at‑arms, under orders to lie concealed in ambush until the battle was on, and then to show themselves in the enemy's rear."[/I] -[B]Plutarch[/B], Lives, [URL='https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#20.4']Marius 20.4[/URL] [I]"Previous to an engagement with the Teutones and Cimbri, Marius ordered Marcellus with three thousand heavy-armed troops in the night to take a circuit round the mountains, and endeavour to make good their march over the more inaccessible parts of them, in the enemy's rear. When this was achieved, Marius ordered his troops to fall back from the higher ground onto the plain; that the enemy presuming on their inferiority might pursue them, and be thus decoyed onto level ground. The maneuver succeeded; and Marius attacking them in front, and Marcellus in the rear, obtained a brilliant victory."[/I] -[B]Polyaenus[/B], Strategem, [URL='http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus8A.html#10.2']Book 8 10.2[/URL][/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1367674[/ATTACH] [B]P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus[/B], 100 BC, AR denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]ROMA, bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •/R / [B]Rev: [/B]LENT MAR F, Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/R between them; all within laurel wreath [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (control letter); [URL='https://www.judaism-and-rome.org/denarius-minted-p-cornelius-lentulus-marcellinus-representing-rome-crowned-genius-roman-people-100']a writeup on this coin here[/URL]; and my notes [URL='https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc']Unencrypting Crawford RRC[/URL][/QUOTE]
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