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<p>[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3083974, member: 84744"]So just to be clear, the suggestion is that the coin is calling attention to the fact that it was illegal for the Marian faction to strip Sulla of the augurate in the first place, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the virtues of pictures over text is that it's easier to suggest multiple meanings, and the Romans were aware of this as much as anybody else. So I find the interpretation to be quite plausible. The coin isn't just stating that Sulla is an augur, but also implicitly criticizing the Marian faction for earlier illegal actions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my own Sulla, depicting him in his triumph (issued slightly later in 82 BCE). He's holding a caduceus in this case:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]777049[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I do have a Sulla-related issue featuring a lituus, though... Pompeius Rufus (a member of the Sullan faction) issued this coin, hearkening back to the dictator, in 54 BCE:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]777052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Severus Alexander, post: 3083974, member: 84744"]So just to be clear, the suggestion is that the coin is calling attention to the fact that it was illegal for the Marian faction to strip Sulla of the augurate in the first place, right? One of the virtues of pictures over text is that it's easier to suggest multiple meanings, and the Romans were aware of this as much as anybody else. So I find the interpretation to be quite plausible. The coin isn't just stating that Sulla is an augur, but also implicitly criticizing the Marian faction for earlier illegal actions. Here's my own Sulla, depicting him in his triumph (issued slightly later in 82 BCE). He's holding a caduceus in this case: [ATTACH=full]777049[/ATTACH] I do have a Sulla-related issue featuring a lituus, though... Pompeius Rufus (a member of the Sullan faction) issued this coin, hearkening back to the dictator, in 54 BCE: [ATTACH=full]777052[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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