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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2396088, member: 72818&quot;]It&nbsp; had seemed tantalizingly probable that I was about to win a long sought after replacement coin....and my maximum was still in command until two additional bidders entered the fray during the last minutes of the auction and then kept leapfrogging over each other---- the coin eventually sold for over $200 beyond my maximum<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie88" alt=":sour:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. That very same coin recently sold for just over the previous auction estimate in January 2016 at only about half of what it sold for yesterday.....The coin itself??? A Shekal of Tyre in overall VF grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I &#039;consoled&#039; myself with this purchase---- a somewhat worn, off-struck denarius of a &#039;lifetime&#039; issue of Sulla as Dictator. I&#039;d naturally &#039;prefer&#039; a higher grade example, but I LOVE this one.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>According to the description provided by the seller: &quot;While Sulla&#039;s enemy Marius claimed Apollo as his divine patron, Sulla invoked the goddess Venus. The double cornucopia is an attribute of Fortuna and may allude to Sulla&#039;s cognomen &#039;Felix&#039; but it may also suggest that this issue was intended to defray the expenses of some special largesse of grain---- the inhabitants of Rome must have badly needed some assistance after the recent struggles...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Sulla as Dictator, AR denarius, unknown Italian mint, struck 81 BC; 3.47 grams, 17.78 mm</p><p>Diademed head of Venus right, wearing single-pennant earring and necklace</p><p>Filleted double cornocopiae, Q below.</p><p>Craw 72/2, SYD 755, Cornelia 33</p><p><br /></p><p>The &#039;busts&#039; are of probable images of Sulla and Marius.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]492887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492886[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]492889[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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