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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4542706, member: 99456&quot;]Congrats [USER=89687]@ominus1[/USER], a historic coin from the RR at the end of the Social war, the rise of Sulla, and the start of the First Mithridatic War. The chariot according to Crawford, empty in hopes of a triumph over Marius. This issue often has that look of hastily or carelessly struck.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1124640[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>L. Rubrius Dossenus</b>, AR Denarius, Rome, 87 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Jupiter right, with scepter over shoulder; behind, DOSSEN</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Triumphal quadriga right decorated with thunderbolt of Jupiter; (above, off flan on this coin, Victory flying right); in ex. L RVBRI</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 348/1; Rubria 1</p><p><b>Note:</b> related coins and more context on the time period in <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sulla-marius-and-an-anonymous-denarius.342595/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/sulla-marius-and-an-anonymous-denarius.342595/">this post</a>, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aesculapius-a-quinarius-and-a-plague-in-87-bc.345759/#post-3678365" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/aesculapius-a-quinarius-and-a-plague-in-87-bc.345759/#post-3678365">this one</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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