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10 Dollars Revolt of Spartacus 73-71 BC
| Issuer | Central Bank of Liberia |
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| Year | 2001 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1943-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A colorized scene occupies the central field, depicting a mounted warrior, identified as Spartacus, astride a dark horse amid the ruins of ancient structures, evoking the atmosphere of the Third Servile War. The figure is rendered in full color against a muted architectural background, lending a pictorial quality to the design. The legend MOMENTS OF FREEDOM arcs along the upper periphery in raised letters. The inscription REVOLT OF SPARTACUS - 73-71 BC curves along the lower portion of the colorized field. The design is framed by a beaded inner border. |
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Liberia's Central Bank issued a long run of foreign-history commemoratives in the late 1990s and early 2000s, largely marketed to the international collector trade rather than domestic circulation. The Spartacus revolt — the Third Servile War — lasted from 73 to 71 BC and drew an estimated 120,000 enslaved people before Crassus crushed it on the Bruttian peninsula. Pompey's legions intercepted the fleeing survivors, a fact Crassus never forgave.
Six thousand captives were crucified along the Appian Way from Capua to Rome.