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Denarius Sulla, ROMA / C SERVEIL
| Issuer | Roman Republic (509 BC - 27 BC) |
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| Year | 82 BC - 80 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Two equestrians engaged in a fierce cavalry skirmish, galloping at full charge toward one another across the field. The left horseman, armed with a long spear and a decorated round shield, thrusts forward, while the right horseman, wearing a crested helmet and a flowing cloak (paludamentum), wields a sword. The figures are rendered with vigorous movement and pronounced musculature typical of late Roman Republican die-cutting. The moneyer's legend C•SERVEIL is inscribed in the exergue in incuse Latin letters, identifying C. Servilius as the issuing magistrate. |
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| Reverse lettering | C•SERV͡EIL |
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Issued during the dictatorship of Sulla, this denarius belongs to a period when the Roman mint was under direct military control — Sulla had marched on Rome twice and was reorganizing the state from a position of absolute power. The moneyer C. Servelius operated under conditions that were anything but routine. Sulla's dictatorship, taken in 82 BC without the traditional six-month limit, represented a deliberate break with Republican precedent, and the coinage of these years reflects an administration consolidating legitimacy through institutional forms while dismantling them in practice.