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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Roman Coins| > |Roman Republic| > |99-50 B.C.| > RR87417
Roman Republic, Lucius Marcius Censorinus, 82 B.C.
|99-50| |B.C.|, |Roman| |Republic,| |Lucius| |Marcius| |Censorinus,| |82| |B.C.|, The moneyer selected the design to play on his name, Marsyas sounds like Marcius.

Marsyas found Athena's flute. Inspired by the breath of a goddess, it played beautifully. Foolishly he challenged Apollo to a musical contest. Apollo won by singing to the music of his lyre. As a just punishment for his presumption, Apollo flayed Marsyas alive. His blood was the source of the river Marsyas, and his skin was hung like a wine bag in the cave out of which that river flows.
RR87417. Silver denarius, Crawford 363/1d, Sydenham 737, RSC I Marcia 24, Russo RBW 1372, BMCRR I Rome 2657, SRCV I 281, gVF, toned, obverse slightly off center, die wear, Rome mint, weight 3.815g, maximum diameter 16.9mm, die axis 90o, 82 B.C.; obverse laureate head of Apollo right, no control mark; reverse the satyr Marsyas standing left, bald, right arm raised, wine skin over shoulder shoulder in left hand, L·CENSOR downward before, a column topped with Victory behind, no control mark; ex Nomos Obolos 10, lot 337; scarce; SOLD











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