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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7717522, member: 86498&quot;]Not really a coin of Sulla but it does feature a portrait of the dictator struck not quite thirty years after his death. </p><p>Denarius of Q Pompeius Rufus 54 BC Obv. Head of the Consul&nbsp; Q. Pompeius Rufus right. Rv head of the Dictator Sulla right Crawford 434/1 RBW 1544 3.63 grms 18 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1323413[/ATTACH]Sulla had a long and colorful career. Apparently when he was on his deathbed he discovered that a man that he had lent money too was withholding payment in the hope that Sulla&#039;s death would absolve him of any need to repay. Sulla had the man brought to him and strangled the life out of him. All this excitement was too much for the old man and he died almost immediately afterwards no doubt in a state of sheer biss.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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