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<p>[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8300542, member: 83175"]This came on Monday, from a recent Cayón auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Moneyer: L. Torquatus</p><p>Obv.: SIBYLLA - Head of Sibyl right, wearing ivy-wreath; border of dots</p><p>Rev.: L·TORQVAT / III·VIR - Tripod, on which stands amphora; on either side of amphora, star. Torque as border.</p><p>Mint: Rome (65 BC )</p><p>Wt./Size/Axis: 3.70g / - / -</p><p>References:</p><ul> <li>RSC 12a (Manlia)</li> <li>Sydenham 836</li> <li>Crawford 411/1b</li> </ul><p>Acquisition: Cayón Subastas Online auction Sub. Elect. 80 #30439 28-Feb-2022</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr411_1b_Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr411_1b_Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I've wanted one of these denarii for a few years and thrown in a few half-hearted bids now and again, but was always outbid. Finally, I have one.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse depicts the Cumaean Sibyl as a young woman, while the small amphora over the tripod on the reverse contains the shrunken body of the very elderly Sibyl. She had asked Apollo to live as many years as the grains of sand she held in her hand - about 1000. While she lived to be 1000, her body became withered and finally only her voice was left. Apollo would only grant her 1000 years of youth if he'd been allowed to have his evil way with her, which she refused. Her oracles were apparently written down in 9 books, offered for sale to Tarquin the Proud by an unknown elderly woman many years later at a very high price. Tarquin refused the price, the woman went out and burned three books and offered the remaining 6 at the same price. He again refused, the burned three more books and returned with the last 3. Tarquin was bothered and consulted a priest who advised him to buy the books. They turned out to contain prophetic verses in Greek, which wer estored in the temple of Jupiter and consulted by apppointed priests at times of trouble for the state. The temple was burned and the books lost in 83 BC. A new collection of oracular sayings was compiled and deposited in a rebuilt temple; it was moved by Augustus to a temple built by himself, of Apollo Palatinus, where they remained until 405 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Books" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Books" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Books</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyer responsible, Lucius Manlius Torquatus, depicts a torc on the reverve to commemorate his ancestor who'd defeated a Gaul in single combat defending Rome in 361 BC. Lucius was an ally of Pompey and died alongside Scipio at Hippo Regius.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hippo_Regius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hippo_Regius" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hippo_Regius</a></p><p><br /></p><p>ATB,</p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="akeady, post: 8300542, member: 83175"]This came on Monday, from a recent Cayón auction. Moneyer: L. Torquatus Obv.: SIBYLLA - Head of Sibyl right, wearing ivy-wreath; border of dots Rev.: L·TORQVAT / III·VIR - Tripod, on which stands amphora; on either side of amphora, star. Torque as border. Mint: Rome (65 BC ) Wt./Size/Axis: 3.70g / - / - References: [LIST] [*]RSC 12a (Manlia) [*]Sydenham 836 [*]Crawford 411/1b [/LIST] Acquisition: Cayón Subastas Online auction Sub. Elect. 80 #30439 28-Feb-2022 [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr411_1b_Obv.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.tantaluscoins.com/images/coins/lg_Cr411_1b_Rev.jpg[/IMG] I've wanted one of these denarii for a few years and thrown in a few half-hearted bids now and again, but was always outbid. Finally, I have one. The obverse depicts the Cumaean Sibyl as a young woman, while the small amphora over the tripod on the reverse contains the shrunken body of the very elderly Sibyl. She had asked Apollo to live as many years as the grains of sand she held in her hand - about 1000. While she lived to be 1000, her body became withered and finally only her voice was left. Apollo would only grant her 1000 years of youth if he'd been allowed to have his evil way with her, which she refused. Her oracles were apparently written down in 9 books, offered for sale to Tarquin the Proud by an unknown elderly woman many years later at a very high price. Tarquin refused the price, the woman went out and burned three books and offered the remaining 6 at the same price. He again refused, the burned three more books and returned with the last 3. Tarquin was bothered and consulted a priest who advised him to buy the books. They turned out to contain prophetic verses in Greek, which wer estored in the temple of Jupiter and consulted by apppointed priests at times of trouble for the state. The temple was burned and the books lost in 83 BC. A new collection of oracular sayings was compiled and deposited in a rebuilt temple; it was moved by Augustus to a temple built by himself, of Apollo Palatinus, where they remained until 405 AD. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline_Books[/URL] The moneyer responsible, Lucius Manlius Torquatus, depicts a torc on the reverve to commemorate his ancestor who'd defeated a Gaul in single combat defending Rome in 361 BC. Lucius was an ally of Pompey and died alongside Scipio at Hippo Regius. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hippo_Regius[/URL] ATB, Aidan.[/QUOTE]
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