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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4871592, member: 99456"]A torturous thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - how does one pick one denarius as "most treasured"? As I considered which coin to post: most beautiful, most treasured, most interesting, and most expensive were not all the same pick for me. Here's the most treasured (although on any given day I might have picked differently). Why? I'm not really sure what the magic factors are, I just like it. I would not trade this coin for an EID MAR (except for some financial game where I trade, sell, and buy back my coin). Here is a little of the historical context in Rome:</p><p><br /></p><p>In 88 BC, just before his attack on Rome, Sulla was driven to the home of Marius by a murderous mob, raised by Sulpicius to promote the cause of Marius with the senate. This mob of Marius supporters murdered Sulla's son-in-law Quintus, the son of Pompeius married to Cornelia Sulla, and others.[see:<a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sulla*.html#8.1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sulla*.html#8.1" rel="nofollow">Lives</a>] The republic was damaged by this, as Sulla turned six legions against Rome when he didn't accept the manipulation of the senate that gave Marius command of "his" legions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Loyalty and service to the republic became confused with the ambitions of powerful and egotistical leaders (e.g. Marius and Sulla) and their supporters. The senate and laws became pawns in their ambitions. Julius Caesar was formed during this period - and his confrontation with Sulla at this time is another interesting story. Quintus Lucretius Ofella dared to bid for consulship in 81 BC, defying Sulla. Sulla had him killed (see: <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0232%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D11%3Asection%3D101" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0232%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D11%3Asection%3D101" rel="nofollow">Appian Bellum Civile 1.11.101</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1176448[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Marius C. f. Capito</b>, 81 BC, AR Denarius</p><p><b>Obv:</b> CAPIT. behind, draped bust of Ceres right, wearing grain-ear wreath and earring; LXXXXVIII above, uncertain control mark below chin</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C. MARI. C. F. / S. C in two lines in exergue, husbandman plowing left with a yoke of oxen; LXXXXVIII above</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 378/1c[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4871592, member: 99456"]A torturous thread [USER=75937]@Roman Collector[/USER] - how does one pick one denarius as "most treasured"? As I considered which coin to post: most beautiful, most treasured, most interesting, and most expensive were not all the same pick for me. Here's the most treasured (although on any given day I might have picked differently). Why? I'm not really sure what the magic factors are, I just like it. I would not trade this coin for an EID MAR (except for some financial game where I trade, sell, and buy back my coin). Here is a little of the historical context in Rome: In 88 BC, just before his attack on Rome, Sulla was driven to the home of Marius by a murderous mob, raised by Sulpicius to promote the cause of Marius with the senate. This mob of Marius supporters murdered Sulla's son-in-law Quintus, the son of Pompeius married to Cornelia Sulla, and others.[see:[URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sulla*.html#8.1']Lives[/URL]] The republic was damaged by this, as Sulla turned six legions against Rome when he didn't accept the manipulation of the senate that gave Marius command of "his" legions. Loyalty and service to the republic became confused with the ambitions of powerful and egotistical leaders (e.g. Marius and Sulla) and their supporters. The senate and laws became pawns in their ambitions. Julius Caesar was formed during this period - and his confrontation with Sulla at this time is another interesting story. Quintus Lucretius Ofella dared to bid for consulship in 81 BC, defying Sulla. Sulla had him killed (see: [URL='http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0232%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D11%3Asection%3D101']Appian Bellum Civile 1.11.101[/URL]) [ATTACH=full]1176448[/ATTACH] [B]C. Marius C. f. Capito[/B], 81 BC, AR Denarius [B]Obv:[/B] CAPIT. behind, draped bust of Ceres right, wearing grain-ear wreath and earring; LXXXXVIII above, uncertain control mark below chin [B]Rev:[/B] C. MARI. C. F. / S. C in two lines in exergue, husbandman plowing left with a yoke of oxen; LXXXXVIII above [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 378/1c[/QUOTE]
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