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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 6453811, member: 99456&quot;]An excellent quinarius, [USER=89970]@Fugio1[/USER], congrats on the added provenance.&nbsp; I had not thought to look up quinarii.&nbsp; Dies for this quinarius were easy to match up with the letter codes, the double die match is not my coin:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257231[/ATTACH]</p><p>The Gallic carnyx suggests a reference to Marius&#039; victories over the Cimbri and Teutones (Cimbrian War 113-101 BC). By 104 BC these tribes were seen as a serious threat to Rome and Marius turned the tide.&nbsp; The end of this war with Marius granting Roman citizenship to his Italian soldiers, was also the beginning of the Social War.&nbsp; The Numidian war from this same time period (104 BC) was the start of the rivalry between Marius and Sulla, as Sulla felt he wasn&#039;t sufficiently credited for the role he played in the capture of Jugurtha, leading the the victory and triumph for Marius.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1257232[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Fundanius Q</b>, AR Quinarius, 101</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate head of Jupiter right; behind, •/Q</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C·FVNDA Victory r., holding palm branch and crowning trophy. Beside which stands carnyx and before, captive. In exergue, •Q</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Babelon Fundania 2, Sydenham 584, Crawford 326/2[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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