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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 5236823, member: 91461&quot;]Winner of the funniest meme ever, goes to... [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] . And the crowd goes hysterical!!!</p><p>I have always been a Marius guy. And as such, when I began collecting ancients I was incredibly disappointed to learn that there are no Roman coins commemorating one of Romes greatest generals.</p><p>Here&#039;s the closest and it just shares his name, no relation is my understanding. And then the dictator:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217494[/ATTACH]</p><p>C. Marius C.f. Capito</p><p>81 BC. Rome Serratus AR</p><p>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</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1217496[/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,![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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