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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3605059, member: 91461&quot;]Beautiful coin and during one of my favorite periods in Roman history! Also, fun write up and reminder of what these coins may represent!!</p><p>Here&#039;s mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965160[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic Anonymous Issue</p><p>86 B.C. AR denarius (18.31 mm, 3.28 g, 6 h). Rome mint, struck 86 B.C. head of Apollo right wreathed in oak / Jupiter driving quadriga right, [brandishing thunderbolt]. RRC 350 A/2; RSC 226; CRR 723. gVF/VF, strong portrait, lightly toned.</p><p>This issue is contemporaneous and shares the same devices with the signed triple-magistrate issues for Gargonius, Ogulnias and Vergilius so it must be considered related to that issue, but the reason for its existence is unclear.</p><p><br /></p><p>What a villain that Sulla was<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie95" alt=":vamp:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> here&#039;s one of my favorite RRs:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]965161[/ATTACH] </p><p>L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus</p><p>82 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.8 g). Military mint traveling with Sulla. Helmeted head of Roma right / Sulla driving triumphal quadriga right; above, crowning Victory flying left.</p><p>As consul for the year 88 BC, Sulla was awarded the coveted assignment of suppressing the revolt of Mithradates VI of Pontus, but political maneuvers resulted in this assignment being transferred to Marius. In response, Sulla turned his army on Rome,!</p><p><br /></p><p>I always wanted a Marius coin. I bought this thinking it was in honor of the man... Though have since been told it&#039;s not even from his relatives<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie81" alt=":shifty:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]965162[/ATTACH] </p><p>C. Marius C.f. Capito</p><p>81 BC. Rome Serratus AR 17mm., 3,63g.</p><p>Draped bust of Ceres right, wearing wreath of grain ears, anchor below chin / Ploughman with yoke of oxen left, inverted T above.</p><p>nearly very fine</p><p>Crawford 378/1c; Sydenham 744b; Maria 9. Former Savoca[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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