See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

Denarius Manlia: Lucius Manlius Torquatus, L•MANLI T PROQ / L•SVLLA•IMP

Issuer Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC)
Year 82 BC
Type Log in to see details
Value Denarius (1)
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description Log in to see details
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering L•MANLI T PROQ
Reverse description Log in to see details
Reverse script Log in to see details
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage ND (-82)
Additional information

This denarius was struck in the field during Sulla's march on Rome — not in a fixed mint, but as a military issue to pay legions actively engaged in the civil war against the Marians. Lucius Manlius Torquatus served as proquaestor under Sulla, and his name on the coin reflects the Roman practice of subordinate officers assuming direct financial responsibility for military pay. The traveling mint moved with the army, likely through southern Italy in the critical months before Sulla's decisive victory at the Colline Gate in November 82 BC.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE