ROMAN REPUBLICAN. L. Sulla and L. Manlius Torquatus. 82 B.C. AR denarius. 3.84 gm. 20 mm. Military mint moving with Sulla. Helmeted head of Roma right; L MANLI before, PRO Q behind / Sulla driving triumphal quadriga right, holding caduceus and reins, crowned by Victory flying left above; L SVLLA IM in exergue. Crawford 367/5. Sydenham 757. RSC Manlia 4. RBW 1386. Near Extremely Fine; exceptional fine style; beautiful old collection toning with irridescence; well centered and struck on a broad flan; small flan flaw on reverse. Choice example.

L. Cornelius Sulla was an important Roman general, statesman, and dictator in the early part of the first century BC who engaged in civil war and horrendous bloodletting, and oversaw the death of the Roman Republic, leading eventually to Julius Caesar a generation later.