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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6374389, member: 99456"]Another nice addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], with a well centered C. Marcius Censorinus - often poorly executed coins. I will add this denarius with equestrian statue reverse over the aqueduct built by Quintus Marcius Rex, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Marcia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Marcia" rel="nofollow">Aqua Marcia</a>. This also adds to the Marius theme of the post, as a coin from the lifetime of Marius, near the time he was a year in Spain as praetor. Returning from Spain he married Julius Caesar's Aunt, Julia, ~113 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>"After his praetorship, however, the province of Farther Spain was allotted to him, and here he is said to have cleared away the robbers, although the province was still uncivilized in its customs and in a savage state, and robbery was at that time still considered a most honorable occupation by the Spaniards."</p><p>-Plutarch, Lives, <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#6" rel="nofollow">Marius 6</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252259[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Mn. Aemilius Lepidus</b>, 114-113 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Roma right; mark of value to left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Equestrian statue right on three arches</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-291.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-291.1" rel="nofollow">291/1</a>; Sydenham 554; Aemilia 7; RBW 1124</p><p><br /></p><p>Marius' first of seven consulships was in 107 BC and the moneyer responsible for this coin was the co-consul in 100 BC with Marius. At the time he was so aligned with Marius that this disparaging comment is shared by Plutarch:</p><p><br /></p><p>"Then, according to Rutilius, who is generally a lover of truth and an honest man, but had a private quarrel with Marius, he actually got his sixth consulship by paying down large sums of money among the tribes, and by buying votes made Metellus lose his election to the office, and obtained as his colleague in the consulship, Valerius Flaccus, who was more a servant than a colleague"</p><p>-Plutarch, Lives, <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#28.5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#28.5" rel="nofollow">Marius 28.5</a></p><p><br /></p><p>His political alignment moved, perhaps after his cousin was murdered by pro-Marian factions in Asia in 85 BC and he was responsible for introducing the bill to make Sulla dictator in 82 BC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252310[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>L. Valerius Flaccus</b>, 108-107 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Winged and draped bust of Victory right; mark of value below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Mars advancing left, holding spear and trophy; apex to left, stalk of grain to right</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-306.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-306.1" rel="nofollow">306/1</a>; Sydenham 565; Valeria 11; RBW 1147[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 6374389, member: 99456"]Another nice addition, [USER=110350]@DonnaML[/USER], with a well centered C. Marcius Censorinus - often poorly executed coins. I will add this denarius with equestrian statue reverse over the aqueduct built by Quintus Marcius Rex, [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Marcia']Aqua Marcia[/URL]. This also adds to the Marius theme of the post, as a coin from the lifetime of Marius, near the time he was a year in Spain as praetor. Returning from Spain he married Julius Caesar's Aunt, Julia, ~113 BC. "After his praetorship, however, the province of Farther Spain was allotted to him, and here he is said to have cleared away the robbers, although the province was still uncivilized in its customs and in a savage state, and robbery was at that time still considered a most honorable occupation by the Spaniards." -Plutarch, Lives, [URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#6']Marius 6[/URL] [ATTACH=full]1252259[/ATTACH] [B]Mn. Aemilius Lepidus[/B], 114-113 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv: [/B]Laureate, diademed, and draped bust of Roma right; mark of value to left [B]Rev:[/B] Equestrian statue right on three arches [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-291.1']291/1[/URL]; Sydenham 554; Aemilia 7; RBW 1124 Marius' first of seven consulships was in 107 BC and the moneyer responsible for this coin was the co-consul in 100 BC with Marius. At the time he was so aligned with Marius that this disparaging comment is shared by Plutarch: "Then, according to Rutilius, who is generally a lover of truth and an honest man, but had a private quarrel with Marius, he actually got his sixth consulship by paying down large sums of money among the tribes, and by buying votes made Metellus lose his election to the office, and obtained as his colleague in the consulship, Valerius Flaccus, who was more a servant than a colleague" -Plutarch, Lives, [URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Marius*.html#28.5']Marius 28.5[/URL] His political alignment moved, perhaps after his cousin was murdered by pro-Marian factions in Asia in 85 BC and he was responsible for introducing the bill to make Sulla dictator in 82 BC. [ATTACH=full]1252310[/ATTACH] [B]L. Valerius Flaccus[/B], 108-107 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint [B]Obv:[/B] Winged and draped bust of Victory right; mark of value below chin [B]Rev:[/B] Mars advancing left, holding spear and trophy; apex to left, stalk of grain to right [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford [URL='http://numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-306.1']306/1[/URL]; Sydenham 565; Valeria 11; RBW 1147[/QUOTE]
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