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ANA Signature Sale 3033 8 August 2014
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THE SOCIAL WAR. Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR denarius (19mm, 3.96 gm, 12h). Military mint in Campania, ca. 88/7 BC. Draped bust of a Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star / Italia driving biga right, holding shield, spear, and reigns; below, two pellets and bucranium. Sydenham 633a. HN Italy 417. Campania 153. Very rare. Toned. A little unevenly struck, otherwise Good Very Fine. Ex SC Collection. The Marsic Confederation was a coalition of Italian cities that raised a revolt against Rome in 91 BC. The Social War was an odd sort of rebellion in that the object was not to destroy Rome or shake off the Roman yoke, but to gain the legal rights and protections of Roman citizenship. The Marsic Confederation was headquartered at Corfinium in central Italy, renamed Italia by the rebels, where most of the coalition's coinage was struck. This type, depicting a single Dioscourus (Castor and Pollux, the Gemini twins, were usually shown together) and a personified Italia driving a biga, is one of the rarest of the series, with only two other examples having been offered at public auction in the past decade.
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD
THE SOCIAL WAR. Marsic Confederation. 90-88 BC. AR denarius (19mm, 3.96 gm, 12h). Military mint in Campania, ca. 88/7 BC. Draped bust of a Dioscuri right, wearing laureate pileus surmounted by star / Italia driving biga right, holding shield, spear, and reigns; below, two pellets and bucranium. Sydenham 633a. HN Italy 417. Campania 153. Very rare. Toned. A little unevenly struck, otherwise Good Very Fine. Ex SC Collection. The Marsic Confederation was a coalition of Italian cities that raised a revolt against Rome in 91 BC. The Social War was an odd sort of rebellion in that the object was not to destroy Rome or shake off the Roman yoke, but to gain the legal rights and protections of Roman citizenship. The Marsic Confederation was headquartered at Corfinium in central Italy, renamed Italia by the rebels, where most of the coalition's coinage was struck. This type, depicting a single Dioscourus (Castor and Pollux, the Gemini twins, were usually shown together) and a personified Italia driving a biga, is one of the rarest of the series, with only two other examples having been offered at public auction in the past decade.
Estimate: 4000-5000 USD