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CICF Signature Sale 3046 14-15 April 2016
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Faustus Cornelius Sulla (56 BC). AR denarius (20mm, 3.48 gm, 10h). Rome. FAVSTVS, diademed and draped bust of Diana right; above, crescent; behind, lituus / FELIX, Sulla seated left on raised seat; to left, Bocchus kneeling right, offering olive branch; to right, Jugurtha kneeling left, with hands bound behind back. Crawford 426/1. Sydenham 879. Cornelia 59. One of the finest examples known of this evocative type, struck on a broad flan and nicely toned. NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Born in 138 BC to a prestigious but penniless patrician family, Lucius Cornelius Sulla joined to army and served under Marius in Africa, where he gained notoriety by engineering the capture of the rebel leader Jugurtha. The scene is depicted on this coin issued by his son, Faustus Cornelius Sulla, with Jugurtha shown with his hands bound kneeling dejectedly behind Sulla, who is seated on a raised platform; before him kneels Bochus, king of Mauritania, who offers Sulla victory laurels. The capture of Jugurtha helped launch Sulla's political career, which saw him reach the consulship in 88 BC and a bloody but effective dictatorship 82-79 BC.
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD
Faustus Cornelius Sulla (56 BC). AR denarius (20mm, 3.48 gm, 10h). Rome. FAVSTVS, diademed and draped bust of Diana right; above, crescent; behind, lituus / FELIX, Sulla seated left on raised seat; to left, Bocchus kneeling right, offering olive branch; to right, Jugurtha kneeling left, with hands bound behind back. Crawford 426/1. Sydenham 879. Cornelia 59. One of the finest examples known of this evocative type, struck on a broad flan and nicely toned. NGC Choice AU★ 5/5 - 4/5. Born in 138 BC to a prestigious but penniless patrician family, Lucius Cornelius Sulla joined to army and served under Marius in Africa, where he gained notoriety by engineering the capture of the rebel leader Jugurtha. The scene is depicted on this coin issued by his son, Faustus Cornelius Sulla, with Jugurtha shown with his hands bound kneeling dejectedly behind Sulla, who is seated on a raised platform; before him kneels Bochus, king of Mauritania, who offers Sulla victory laurels. The capture of Jugurtha helped launch Sulla's political career, which saw him reach the consulship in 88 BC and a bloody but effective dictatorship 82-79 BC.
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD