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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4871542, member: 51347"]Great coin, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Very cool about the write-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like the Historical Approach to my collecting. So, expensive coins, popular coins, high-grade coins may not always fit into my targeted interests.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not my most expensive, and not my favorite. I have several, due to their Historical importance, that are equally my favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>I treasure this for its impactful History. Had Rome lost this war MILITARILY, there may had been a MUCH different History of the Roman Empire. Perhaps as the Italian Empire, or the Samnium Empire, or even the Capuan Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a beat up, scrubby, repaired Denarius from the Marsic Confederation of Italia from the OTHER Side of the Social War of 91-88 BCE. I feel the coin in its battered state and the Oath Scene REALLY depicts the Internal Struggle within the Roman Republic's Empire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hey, how many times can you find a Denarius from an ENEMY of Rome?</p><p><br /></p><p>The oath scene was very solemn and impactful in Central Italia. This one is from Italia, and the 8 members within the scene has been purported that it represents the 8 original Tribes that banded together to fight the Romans during the Social War... very solemn.</p><p><br /></p><p>The irony of the Social War is that although the Italian Allies were defeated militarily (Sulla eventually waged extermination war on the Samnites), the Romans actually lost this war politically. The Italian Allies eventually received Roman Citizenship that they originally demanded.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176425[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies</p><p>Social War 90-88 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>19x17.9mm, 3.7g</p><p>Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint</p><p>Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind</p><p>Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard.</p><p>The Oath was binding the Marsi, Picentines, Paeligni, Marrucini, Vestini, Frentani, Samnites, and Hirpini Tribes into the Marsic Confederation against Rome during the Social War</p><p>Comment: The reverse is probably based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War, and the Ti Viturius denarius... However, the scene is very Italian.</p><p>Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 4871542, member: 51347"]Great coin, [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] ! Very cool about the write-up. I like the Historical Approach to my collecting. So, expensive coins, popular coins, high-grade coins may not always fit into my targeted interests. This is not my most expensive, and not my favorite. I have several, due to their Historical importance, that are equally my favorites. I treasure this for its impactful History. Had Rome lost this war MILITARILY, there may had been a MUCH different History of the Roman Empire. Perhaps as the Italian Empire, or the Samnium Empire, or even the Capuan Empire. This is a beat up, scrubby, repaired Denarius from the Marsic Confederation of Italia from the OTHER Side of the Social War of 91-88 BCE. I feel the coin in its battered state and the Oath Scene REALLY depicts the Internal Struggle within the Roman Republic's Empire. Hey, how many times can you find a Denarius from an ENEMY of Rome? The oath scene was very solemn and impactful in Central Italia. This one is from Italia, and the 8 members within the scene has been purported that it represents the 8 original Tribes that banded together to fight the Romans during the Social War... very solemn. The irony of the Social War is that although the Italian Allies were defeated militarily (Sulla eventually waged extermination war on the Samnites), the Romans actually lost this war politically. The Italian Allies eventually received Roman Citizenship that they originally demanded. [ATTACH=full]1176425[/ATTACH] Marsic Confederation / Italian Allies Social War 90-88 BCE AR Denarius 19x17.9mm, 3.7g Anonymous Issue, Corfinium Mint Obv: Italia head, l, ITALIA behind Rev: Oath-taking scene with eight warriors, four on each side, pointing their swords towards a sacrificial pig, which is held by an attendant kneeling at the foot of a standard. The Oath was binding the Marsi, Picentines, Paeligni, Marrucini, Vestini, Frentani, Samnites, and Hirpini Tribes into the Marsic Confederation against Rome during the Social War Comment: The reverse is probably based on the gold Stater and Half-Stater from the Second Punic War, and the Ti Viturius denarius... However, the scene is very Italian. Ref: Sear 227; SYD 621[/QUOTE]
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