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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 8363318, member: 74282&quot;]I picked up this very rare bronze as of Lucius Cornelius Sulla(yes, that Sulla) recently for a song. It also happens to be the last Janus/Prow issue under the Roman Republic, the others being later Imperatorial issues from the warring factions during the civil wars. It&#039;s not pretty but they don&#039;t really come pretty.</p><p><br /></p><p>From Andrew McCabe: &quot;Issued by Sulla whilst he was travelling with his army for his second March against Rome, this is the last As featuring Janus that was issued under the Roman Republic. Sulla was proclaimed &#039;dictator legibus faciendis et reipublicae constituendae causa&#039; (dictator for the making of laws and for the settling of the constitution) by the Senate at the end of 82 or beginning of 81 BC after his defeat of the Samnites and Marian forces at the Battle of the Colline Gate just outside of Rome.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484309[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic Æ As(13.86g), Lucius Cornelius Sulla, Imperator, 82 BC, military mint moving with Sulla. Laureate head of bearded Janus; I above/Prow of galley right; L•SVL above; IMPE below. Crawford 368/1</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an image of a better example from the Netherlands National Collection that might help you see the legend better</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1484310[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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