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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3787460, member: 99456"][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s iridescent coins are a hard act to follow - The Alex III and Lucilla are pretty amazing too. Here's a nice denarius with "old cabinet patina".</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1011380[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Appius Claudius Pulcher</b>, <b>T. Manlius Mancius</b>, and <b>Q. Urbinius</b>. 111-110 BC. AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Helmeted head of Roma right; quadrangular device to left</p><p><b>Rev: </b>Victory driving triga right</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 299/1b; Sydenham 570a; Mallia 2</p><p><br /></p><p>In 111 BC, the Temple of Magna Mater was destroyed by fire and in 110 Jughurtha defeated the Romans when Consul Spurius Postumus Albinus invaded Numidia for a second time...although his victory didn't stand for too long<font size="3"> (<a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/jugurtha/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/jugurtha/" rel="nofollow">livius.org)</a></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 3787460, member: 99456"][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]'s iridescent coins are a hard act to follow - The Alex III and Lucilla are pretty amazing too. Here's a nice denarius with "old cabinet patina". [ATTACH=full]1011380[/ATTACH] [B]Appius Claudius Pulcher[/B], [B]T. Manlius Mancius[/B], and [B]Q. Urbinius[/B]. 111-110 BC. AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Helmeted head of Roma right; quadrangular device to left [B]Rev: [/B]Victory driving triga right [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 299/1b; Sydenham 570a; Mallia 2 In 111 BC, the Temple of Magna Mater was destroyed by fire and in 110 Jughurtha defeated the Romans when Consul Spurius Postumus Albinus invaded Numidia for a second time...although his victory didn't stand for too long[SIZE=3] ([URL='https://www.livius.org/articles/person/jugurtha/']livius.org)[/URL][/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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