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Message:: [QUOTE="red_spork, post: 2677361, member: 74282"]Crawford calls it 81 B.C. but in the commentary mentions he wants to do little more than connect it with general Sullan operations in the period rather than some specific event. His main evidence for placing it in 81 B.C. is its absence from the Capalbio and Bellicello hoards and inclusion of multiple examples in the Carrara hoard. The Capalbio and Bellicello hoards include slightly earlier types like those of Quintus Antonius Balbus from 83-82 B.C. before Sulla had completed his return to Rome and both include examples of A. Postumius A. f. Sp. n. Albinus, thought to have been struck earlier in 81 B.C. but no examples of the otherwise-anonymous Sullan Venus/cornucopiae types with Q or the related EX SC types. Now, it could just be a case of bad luck that the issue did not end up in the Capalbio and Bellicello hoards and maybe the dating should instead be considered 82-81 B.C. instead of being so firm on the 81 B.C. date, but there are many hoards of this period(a testament to the violence of the period) and as far as I can see, all point to this being an issue of 82-81 B.C. shortly after Sulla's return to Rome.[/QUOTE]