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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 6451635, member: 99456&quot;]Browsing the Schaeffer die notebooks, has brought a bit unexpected provenance recently. The first coin, a denarius that you don&#039;t see every day with &lt;30 dies reported in Crawford.&nbsp; The obverse portrait labelled &quot;FEELIX&quot; (Lucius Cornelius Sulla&#039;s &quot;fortunate&quot; nickname) show&#039;s Hercules but could also be intended to show Sulla on this coin from his son.&nbsp; His son with Caecillia Metella, Faustus Cornelius Sulla is the moneyer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Faustus was married to Pompeia the daughter of Pompey the Great and he sided with his father-in-law during the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. After the battle of Thapsus (in modern Tunisia) he was killed by Publius Sittius, a supporter of Caesar in 46 BC. At least two children with Pompeia are known, one of whom had a descendant who became a senator and <i>consul suffectus</i> - elected under circumstances where the consul died or was removed from office - under Tiberius in 31 AD.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256934[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Faustus Cornelius Sulla</b>, Rome, 56 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> FEELIX, diademed bust of young Hercules right, wearing lion skin headdress</p><p><b>Rev: </b>FAVSTVS, Diana driving galloping biga right, holding reins and lituus; crescent above her head; one star above, two stars below horses</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 426/2</p><p><br /></p><p>For the coin above, a quick check in the Schaefer notebooks in <a href="http://numismatics.org/crro/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/crro/" rel="nofollow">CRRO</a>, turned up this pleasant surprise. The same coin is pictured on page for 426/2, adding provenance to my coin from &quot;Feb 95 / WP / 138&quot;.&nbsp; This coin was an easy one to look up as there is only a half page of clippings in Schaefer for this coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256948[/ATTACH]</p><p>The WP for Wayne C. Phillips....so I know where this coin was in 1995.&nbsp; I&#039;ve posted a few related references in my notes: <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/fun-provenance-find" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/fun-provenance-find" rel="nofollow">Fun Provenance Find</a>. This second coin is from P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus, 100BC and was described as from the Bennito Collection.</p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1256938[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus</b>, 100 BC, AR Denarius (17.5mm, 3.08 g, 11h), Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Bareheaded bust of young Hercules right, seen from behind, wearing lion skin and holding club; to left, shield and •/R /</p><p><b>Rev:</b> LENT.MAR.F. Roma standing facing, holding spear, being crowned by Genius of the Roman People, holding wreath and cornucopia; •/R between them; all within laurel <b>wreath</b></p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 329/1a; Sydenham 604; Cornelia 25; RBW 1186 var. (control letter)</p><p><b>Note:</b> ex CNG, from the <a href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_114_virtual_catalog/10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://issuu.com/cngcoins/docs/cng_114_virtual_catalog/10" rel="nofollow">&quot;Benito Collection&quot;</a>, formed by the Spanish ambassador Ramón Sáenz de Heredia y Alonso, who passed away in 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin also shows up in the <a href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399#schaefer_clippings_output_329-1a_01_od" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismatics.org/archives/ark:/53695/schaefer.rrdp.processed_300-399#schaefer_clippings_output_329-1a_01_od" rel="nofollow">Schaefer pages</a> as a coin from [USER=90666]@Andrew McCabe[/USER].</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1256939[/ATTACH]</p><p>Not sure I would call these &quot;plate coins&quot; but fun provenance nonetheless.&nbsp; I&#039;ve posted a long winded set of information on this coin in my notes pages:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/unencrypting-crawford-rrc" rel="nofollow">Unencrypting Crawford RRC</a>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>Post coins with surprise provenance, coins of Faustus C. Sulla, P. Cornelius Lentulus Marcellinus or anything else you find interesting or entertaining.</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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