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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3903600, member: 96898"]Thanks a lot for this well-researched and informative write-up!</p><p><br /></p><p>A quinarius minted in 98 BC, during the "Cappadocian crisis." The moneyer might be identical with the Marian legate Cloelius mentioned by Plutarch, <i>Pompey</i> 7.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028931[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Roman Republic, moneyer: T. Cloelius, AR quinarius, 98 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Jupiter, laureate, r., control mark .C. before. Rev: T.CLOVLI; Victory standing r. crowns trophy with seated captive and carnyx; in exergue, Q. 16mm, 1.9g. Ref: RRC 332/1c.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>My "friend of the Romans:"</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1028930[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Ariobarzanes I. Philorhomaios, Kingdom of Cappadocia, AR drachm, 66/65 BC, Eusebeia mint. Obv: Diademed head right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIOBAPZANOY ΦIΛOPΩMAIOY, Athena standing left, holding shield, spear and Nike; to left monogram, Λ in exergue (off flan). 17mm, 4.3g. Ref: Simonetta 1977, no. 43.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3903600, member: 96898"]Thanks a lot for this well-researched and informative write-up! A quinarius minted in 98 BC, during the "Cappadocian crisis." The moneyer might be identical with the Marian legate Cloelius mentioned by Plutarch, [I]Pompey[/I] 7. [ATTACH=full]1028931[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Roman Republic, moneyer: T. Cloelius, AR quinarius, 98 BC, Rome mint. Obv: head of Jupiter, laureate, r., control mark .C. before. Rev: T.CLOVLI; Victory standing r. crowns trophy with seated captive and carnyx; in exergue, Q. 16mm, 1.9g. Ref: RRC 332/1c.[/SIZE] My "friend of the Romans:" [ATTACH=full]1028930[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Ariobarzanes I. Philorhomaios, Kingdom of Cappadocia, AR drachm, 66/65 BC, Eusebeia mint. Obv: Diademed head right. Rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ APIOBAPZANOY ΦIΛOPΩMAIOY, Athena standing left, holding shield, spear and Nike; to left monogram, Λ in exergue (off flan). 17mm, 4.3g. Ref: Simonetta 1977, no. 43.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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