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Denarius - 82 BC.
L. MARCIVS CENSORINVS - Gens Marcia
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo right
Rev.: L CENSOR, the satyr Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by Victory.
Gs. 3,7 mm. 18,3
Craw. 363/1d, Sear RCV 281

Maxentius

Apameia in Phrygia, 133-48 B.C, AE17mm, Obv. Turreted bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder. Rev. Naked Marsyas advancing right, playing double flute, to right, KHΦIΣO - ΣKAY
Sear 5122; BMC 25.85,91-3Lee S

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 24 mm; 11.06 g
O: Laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus right.
R: Statue of Marsyas standing right, holding wine skin over shoulder and extending arm, within arched gateway
Phoenicia, Berytuslaney

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 24 mm; 10.3 g
O: Laureate, draped bust of Elagabalus right.
R: Statue of Marsyas standing right, holding wine skin over shoulder and extending arm, within arched gateway
Phoenicia, Berytuslaney

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 24 mm; 8.10 g
O: Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right
R: The satyr Marsyas standing on pedestal playing pipes within arch of a tetrastule temple.
Phoenicia, Berytos.
Lindgren 2269 laney

(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 24 mm; 11.15 g
O: Laureate, draped bust right
R: COL LAODIC--, Marsyas standing left, wine-skin over shoulder, right hand raised, D-E across fields
Syria, Laodicea ad mare; cf. Lindgren Coll. I, 2095laney

0101 - Denarius Marcia 82 ACObv/ Laureate head of Apollo r.
Rev/ Marsyas walking l. bearing wine skin on shoulder; behind, statue of Victory on column: before, L CENSOR.

Ag, 17.5 mm, 3.78 g
Moneyer: L. Censorinus.
Mint: Rome.
RRC 363/1d [dies o/r: ~197/~228] - Syd. 737 - RSC Marcia 24
ex-M.Iglesias Alvarez, march 2011 (ex - Jesús Vico, auction 125, lot 232)1 commentsdafnis

016a08. HadrianPHRYGIA. Apameia. Hadrian (117-138). Ae. AE 20mm, 5.44 g.
Obv: AΔΡΙΑNOC KAIC CEBA. Laureate and cuirassed bust right with aegis. Rev: AΠΑΜΕΩN MAΡCYAC KIBΩTOI.
Marsyas seated left on rocks, holding cornucopia and aulus. RPC 2586.

lawrence c

016a19. HadrianPhrygia, Apameia. AE (19 mm, 4.30 g). AΔΡIANOΣ KAI ΣEBA, laureate bust right, aegis over left shoulder / AΠAMEΩN, Marsyas as river-god reclining left in rocky cave, holding cornucopiae and double flute, beneath him an overturned urn from which waters flow, three chests (kibotoi) behind him. BMC 158; Slg. Leypold 1455. Agora Auc 2 (2023), Lot 302.1 commentslawrence c

082 B.C., L. Censorinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 363/1d., Rome, L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left, #1082 B.C., L. Censorinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 363/1d., Rome, L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left, #1
avers: Laureate head of Apollo right.
reverse: L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over the shoulder, behind him, the column surmounted by the draped figure (Minerva?).
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 17,5mm, weight: 3,91g, axis: 7h,
mint: Rome, date: 82 B.C., ref: Crawford 363/1d, Sydenham 737, Marcia 24,
Q-0012 commentsquadrans

082 B.C., L. Censorinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 363/1d., Rome, L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left, #2082 B.C., L. Censorinus, Republic AR-Denarius, Crawford 363/1d., Rome, L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left, #2
avers: Laureate head of Apollo right.
reverse: L•CENSOR, The satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over the shoulder, behind him, the column surmounted by the draped figure (Minerva?).
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 16,0-17,0mm, weight: 3,68g, axis: 6h,
mint: Rome, date: 82 B.C., ref: Crawford 363/1d, Sydenham 737, Marcia 24,
Q-002 1 commentsquadrans

090p Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Troas, Alexandria, BMC 182, AE-21, COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, #1090p Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Troas, Alexandria, BMC 182, AE-21, COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, #1
avers: IMP LICIN GALLIENVS, Laureate, draped bust right.
reverse: COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, carrying wineskin over the shoulder, raising a right hand holding a cup.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,0-22,0mm, weight:5,80g, axes: 1h,
mint: Troas, Alexandria, date: 253-268 A.D., ref: Bellinger A460, BMC 182; SNG München 139,
Q-001quadrans

218aElagabalus 218-22 AD
AE 24 mm
Berytus in Phoenicia
Tetrastyle temple with curved arch containing a statue of Marsyas right
BMC 204, SNG Cop 1161 commentsmauseus

222Severus Alexander 222-38 AD
AE 24 mm
Deultum in Thrace
Marsyas standing left
mauseus

2585 PHRYGIA, Apameia. Hadrian. Pan / MarsyasReference.
RPC III, 2585; SNG Copenhagen ; SNG von Aulock -; BMC 152-4 (pag. 95).

Obv. AVKAI TP AΔΡΙΑΝΟC
Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right

Rev. MAPCV ΑΠAΜΕ in field AC-ΩΝ
Pan/ Marsyas, naked but for flying chlamys, advancing r., playing on double flute.

3.83 gr
18 mm
6hokidoki

2586 PHRYGIA, Apameia. Hadrian, MarsyasReference.
RPC III, 2586; BMC PHRYGIA, 155 (P. 96); SNG Copenhagen 211; SNG von Aulock 3492.

Obv. AΔPIANOC KAI CEB
Laureate bust right, aegis tied at shoulder.

Rev. : AΠAMEΩN MARCYAS KIBΩTOI
Marsyas, naked but for chlamys over lower limbs, reclining l. in rocky cave, above which are two or five chests, holding cornucopia in his raised r. hand, double flute in l.; beneath him, inverted vase from which water flows.

5.28 gr
20 mm
6h

Note.
CNG
The figure on the reverse is not the satyr Marsyas, who does have his mythological orgins in Phrygia, but rather the personification of the river Marsyas, which flows from a spring in the heights above Apamea and eventually joins the Maeander. Apamea was known as Kelaenai before being re-founded by Antiochos I, and had the additional epithet of Kibotos, or "chest," for its importance as a regional trading center.okidoki

2586A PHRYGIA, Apameia. Hadrian, MarsyasReference.
RPC III 2586A/2; SNG v. Aulock 3493 var.; BMC 155-8

Obv. ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ϹΕΒΑ
Laureate and cuirassed bust of Hadrian r., with aegis

Rev. ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ
Marsyas, naked but for chlamys over lower limbs, reclining l. in rocky cave, above which are two or five chests, holding cornucopia in his raised r. hand, double flute in l.; beneath him, inverted vase from which water flows

5.89 gr
22 mm
6hokidoki

363/1d L. Censorinus DenariusL Censorinus Denarius. 82 BC. Rome Mint. (3.75g, 18.4mm, 3h). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev: L CENSOR, the satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?). Marcia 24. Sear 5, 284. Syd 737. Cr363/1d. Ex Warren Esty.

Alluding to Marsyas’ musical challenge to Apollo. Marsyas lost the contest, judged by the Muses, and Apollo flayed him alive for presuming to challenge a god. I love the mythical basis of this type. 1 commentsLucas H

5564A EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Dichalkon 124-25 AD Marsyas standing rightReference.
RPC III, 5564A/1;

Issue L EN; = year 9

Obv.
laureate head of Hadrian, right.

Rev. L-EN
Marsyas (?), standing r. with wine bag on shoulder

0.86 gr
11 mm
hokidoki

AE26 Elagabalus BerytosAE26 10.5 g
Tetrastyle temple with the statue of Marsyas
Berytos ( Phoenicia )philippe B2

alex007aElagabalus
Alexandria, Troas

Obv: ANTONIN-VS PIVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: COL ALE-XA AVG, statue of Marsyas standingright on pedestal, holding wine skin over shoulder and raising hand
24 mm, 9.04 gms

RPC Online 3966.Charles M

apamaea0001aSemi-autonomous --Time of Elagabalus-Severus Alexander.
Apamaea, Phrygia

Obv: ΔH-MOC , bust of Demos right.
Rev: . AΠAMƐΩΝ, River god Marsyas reclining left, holding reed and cornucopia and resting left elbow on overturned urn from which water flows.
19 mm, 2.79 gms

BMC 127Charles M

Asia Minor, Phrygia, Apameia, Artemis, MarsyasApameia
Asia Minor, Phrygia
AE17, 133-48 BC
Obv.: Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas walking right on maeander pattern, playing flute; magistrate's name ΠANKΡ / ZHNO behind
AE, 3.99g, 17mm
Ref.: BMC Phrygia p. 85, 91 shanxi

Asia Minor, Phrygia, Apameia, Artemis, MarsyasApameia
Asia Minor, Phrygia
Magistrate Attalos, son of Bianor,
AE18, 88-40 BC
Obv.: Turreted head of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder
Rev.: ΑΠΑΜΕΩΝ, Marsyas walking right on maeander pattern, playing flute; magistrate's name ATTAΛOY / BIANOPOΣ behind
AE, 5.05g, 17.7mm
Ref.: BMC 62; HGC 7, 674shanxi

Asia Minor, Troas, Alexandria, Tyche, MarsyasAsia Minor
Alexandria, Troas
Year 253-268, Time of Gallienus
Obv: CO ALE AV , Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; to left, vexillum inscribed CO/AV in two lines.
Rev: COL AVG TROA , Marsyas standing right, on pedestal, right hand raised and holding wine-skin over his shoulder
Æ, 7.4 g, 22-23mm
Ref.: Bellinger A497, SNG Copenhagen 103, SNG von Aulock 1463.
shanxi

BCC LT77Lead Tessera
1st to 4th Century CE?
Obv: Figure standing to left,
carrying object? over shoulder,
right hand extended. (Perhaps
Hermes or Marsyas?) Possible traces
of second figure on right hand border.
Rev: Winged? figure standing to
left, Nike? (or dolphin? if rotated 90 deg).
13 x 10 x 1.25mm. Weight: 0.77gm. Axis:0
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1977
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome

BCC RGP25 Berytus BeirutRoman Provincial
Berytus Beirut
Pseudo-Autonomous 1st -2nd cent. CE
Obv: Silenus Marsyas walking rt. carrying wineskin.
Rev:C.B. (Colonia Berytus) within wreath.
AE 16mm 3.17g. axis:0
BMC 36, scarce
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1972
J. Berlin Caesarea Collectionv-drome

BCC RGP25b Elagabalus Berytus BeirutRoman Provincial
Phoenicia, Berytus, Elagabalus
Pseudo-Autonomous ca.218-222CE
Obv: CO-L Marsyas standing left
holding wine-skin
Rev:BER Prow right
AE 9.5mm 0.38gm. axis:0
poss. ref: SNG Cop 89, BMC 35
Surface find, Caesarea Maritima, 1978v-drome

Beirut Mint, Elagabalus Bronze Coin 218 - 222 AD 23 mm 8.7 gram coin
BMC 202 Elagabalus AE 25mm of Phoenicia, Berytus. Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right / Tetrastyle temple with arched pediment, statue of Marsyas within. SNGCop 117; Lindgren I 2269.
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/elagabalus/_berytos_AE25_BMC_202.jpgAntonivs Protti

bmc---1Elagabalus
Laodicea ad Mare, Syria

Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: COL LAO METROPOICOS, Marsyas advancing left, extending right arm and holding wineskin over left shoulder; Δ Є across field.
27 mm, 18.40 gms

BMC ---, similar to CNG Electronic Auction 354, lot 392 and Lindgren Coll. I, 2095 (bust type)Charles M

bmc---4Elagabalus
Edessa, Mesopotamia

Obv: AVT K MA ANTⲰNЄI..., laureate head right.
Rev: AVP ANTΩ..., Tyche seated left on rock, holding ears; to left, small column with statue of Marsyas standing right, whine-skin over shoulder; below, river god swimming right.
26 mm, 12.83 gms

BMC---; Babelon/Kurth---; Mionnet---(see Mionnet Supp. 8, p. 403, 26, for reverse type).

From Zeus Numismatics Budget Auction 4, lot 656.Charles M

bmc---5Elagabalus
Edessa, Mesopotamia

Obv: ... ANTWNƐINOC CƐ, laureate draped cuirassed bust left, shield on left shoulder.
Rev: City goddess seated left on rock, cornucopia behind, statue of Marsyas on column to left. Below, river god swimming right.
27 mm, 15.17 gms

BMC---, Babelon/Kurth 54var; Mionnet S8, 26.

From Ares Numismatics Web Auction 11, lot 431.Charles M

bmc027Semi-autonomous 218-222 (Time of Elagabalus)
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: C- L to left and right of Marsyas standing left, holding wine-skin over shoulder.
Rev: BER, ethnic above ship's prow right..
14 mm, 1.81 gms

BMC 27-35; SNG Cop 89; Agora E-Sale 90, Lot 42 (this coin)

Ex. Tom Buggey CollectionCharles M

bmc192Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L AVG FEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
28 mm, 13.83 gms

BMC 192Charles M

bmc195Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L A VGFEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
26 mm, 13.00 gms

BMC 1951 commentsCharles M

bmc196Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L A VGFEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
29 mm, 15.70 gms

BMC 196Charles M

bmc390_3Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV AN-TONINVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: SEPT IM T VRO →[C]OLO, Astarte wearing turreted crown and short chiton and himation, standing front left foot on prow, right hand on trophy and holding in left arm transverse scepter and is being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Marsyas on left and murex shell on right.
29 mm, 17.09 gms

BMC 390; Rouvier 2358; Naville Numismatics, Auction 52, lot 243 (this coin)Charles M

bmc393Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SEP TIM TVR COL, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
29 mm, 17.78 gms

BMC 393 variant (no Marsyas to left of Astarte)Charles M

bmc393varElagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right, seen from front. Countermark of laureate head in incuse oval.
Rev: SEP TIM TVR COL, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
30 mm, 15.48 gms

BMC 393 variant (bust type, no Marsyas to left of Astarte). Triskeles Auctions, Sale 22, Lot 368. Countermark Howgego 65Charles M

bmc393var_2Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev: SEP TIM TVR COL, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
30 mm, 15.62 gms

BMC 393 variant (bust type, no Marsyas to left of Astarte). Triskeles Auctions, Sale 22, Lot 368. Charles M

bmc393_1Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate cuirassed bust right, seen from front.
Rev: SEP TIM TVR COL, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right, Marsyas at her feet left facing right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
29 mm, 16.20 gms

BMC 393 variant (bust type)Charles M

bmc393_2Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES MAV ANTONINVS AVG, laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SEP TIM TVR COL, Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
29 mm, 15.96 gms

BMC 393 variant (no Marsyas to left of Astarte)1 commentsCharles M

bmc393_3Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
29 mm, 11.77 gms

BMC 393 variant (no Marsyas to left of Astarte)Charles M

bmc393_4Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: Temple of Astarte with 6 columns, arch over middle with pellet in pediment over arch, Astarte within with right hand on trophy being crowned by Nike standing on column on right. Altar at base of steps with palm tree on left and murex shell on right.
30 mm, 11.19 gms

BMC 393 variant (no Marsyas to left of Astarte)

Cuts on this coin are very straight as if done with a sharp edge weapon--perhaps to make change??Charles M

bmcxxx-5Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: ...A-NTONIN..., laureate draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev: SEPTVRO..., Marsyas standing right, extending arm and holding wineskin over shoulder; to right, palm tree; between, star and murex shell. .
24 mm, 8.43 gms

BMC---, SNG Cop 362Charles M

CAÎ“ and COLSYRIA: SELEUCIS & PIERIA. Laodiceia ad Mare. Septimius Severus. Æ 31.A.D. 197-211. Obv: IMP(CAESL…) or similar. Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Septimius Severus right, before and partly obscuring draped bust of Julia Domna, also right; 2 countermarks: (1) on bust of Septimums Severus, (2) before bust of Julia Domna. Rev: (…SEVERMETROPOLI-SEPT…) or similar. Marsyas walking left, with wine-skin over shoulder. Ref: SNG Cop. Suppl. 8/249; BMC -; Lindgren (III) 1204 similar (Caracalla). Axis: 45°. Weight: 20.46 g. CM(1): Monogram of CAÎ“ (?), in largely rectangular punch, 5 x 3 mm. Howgego 581 (116 pcs). CM(2): COL in largely rectangular punch, 6.5 x 3 mm. Howgego 586 (88 pcs). Note: The CM was applied after the city achieved status as colony in A.D. 197/198, allowing older coins to circulate alongside newer coins with Latin legends, although the countermark was also applied to coins with inscriptions in Latin. All coins bearing countermark (2) also bear (1). Collection AutomanAutoman

Caesarea Maritima. Herennia Etruscilla. Augusta, 249-251 AD Ã† 30mm Caesarea Maritima. Herennia Etruscilla. Augusta, 249-251 AD Æ 30mm
Diademed and draped bust right
Tyche standing left, holding uman bust and sceptre, Marsyas standing right.
Maritima

Elagabal, Tyre, Astarte, AE29AE29, 12.7g
obv: [IMP CAES M AV] ANTONI[NVS AVG], laureate and cuirassed bust right
rev: SEPTIM TVRO / COLO, Astarte standing with Kalathos and scepter crowning trophy to left and given wreath by Nike standing on column, to her feet left, Marsyas with wine skin
areich

Elagabalus, SNG Cop 362Tyre, Phoenicia mint, Elagabalus, 218-222 A.D. AE, 22.5mm 7.216g, SNG Cop 362
O: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG (or similar), laureate and draped bust r.
R: SEPT IM TYRO COLO (or similar) Marsyas standing right, wine skin on shoulder, right reaching up to palm at right, large murex shell in center
Ex. Cornelius C. Vermeule III collection
casata137ec

Gallienus, AD 253-268.Gallienus, AD 253-268.
Æ18, 2.9g, 6h. LYCAONIA. Iconium.
Obv.: IMP C P LIC GALLIÐ„NVS P; Radiate head right.
Rev.: COL ICONIEI; Marsyas advancing left, raising hand and holding wineskin over shoulder.
Reference: Weber 7489; von Aulock, Lykaonien, 483-4 / 17-293-60John Anthony

Greek, Phrygia, Apameia133 – 48 BC
AE 17 mm, 3.79 grams, 0 degrees

O: Bust of Artemis as City goddess, wearing turreted crown and necklace; at her shoulder, bow and quiver; border of dots

R: Marsyas, naked, advancing right, playing double flute, nebris tied about his neck and flying behind him, AΠAME right, ΠΑΝΚΡ ΖΗΝΟ magistrate left in two lines

Ref: BMC Phrygia 91, SG 5122

Notes: Thanks to Pekka and Altamura for assistance with the identification of the magistrate and coin attribution

Ex-Jean Elsen Lot (part of), June 20221 commentsVirgil H

L Censorinus AR Denarius Cr363/1d, MarsyasOBV: Laureate head of Apollo right
REV: L CENSOR, the satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?)
3.66g, 17mm

Struck at Rome 82 BC1 commentsLegatus

L. CensorinusL Censorinus Denarius. 82 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / L CENSOR, the satyr, Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?). Syd 737, Cr363/1d.

In 82 B.C.

"Sulla defeats Samnite allies of Rome in the Battle of the Colline Gate, and takes control of Rome.
Gaius Marius the Younger is besieged at the fortress city of Praeneste in Latium. After a fierce resistance, Marius committs suicide.
Gnaeus Pompeius is ordered by Sulla to stamp out democratic rebels in Sicily and Africa, while the young Gaius Julius Caesar is acting as a subordinate of Sulla in the east.
After his campaigns in Sicily and Africa, Pompeius gets the insulting nickname of adulescentulus carnifex, the "teenage butcher".
4 commentsRandygeki(h2)

L. Censorinus AR DenariusOBV: Laureate head of Apollo right . Syd 737, Cr363/1d.
REV: L CENSOR, the satyr,
Marsyas, standing left with wineskin over shoulder;
behind him, column surmounted by draped figure (Minerva?)
Date: 82 BC
3.45g
Syd 737, Cr363/1d

The Roman Republic L Censorinus Denarius.miffy

L. Censorinus, Crawford 363/1dL. Censorinus, gens Marcia
AR - Denar, 3.68g, 24.17mm
Rome 82 BC
obv. (no legend)
bust of Apollo, laureate, r.
rev. L. CENSOR l.
Marsyas walking l., gazing upwards, raising r. Hand, with wineskin above
shoulder; tall column behind, surmounted by a draped figure (Minerva?)
Crawf. 363/1d; Syd. 737; Kestner 3155; BMCR Rome 2657; Marcia 24
gVF/nEF

Allusion to the myth of Marsyas. When he found the flute, Athene had invented but thrown away, he challenged Apollo for a contest. Apollo won with his cythara and skinned him alive.
1 commentsJochen

L. Censorinus. 82 BC. In the contest between Apollo and Marsyas, the terms stated that the winner could treat the defeated party any way he wanted. Since the contest was judged by the Muses, Marsyas naturally lost and was flayed alive in a cave near Celaenae for his hubris to challenge a god. Apollo then nailed Marsyas' skin to a pine tree, near Lake Aulocrene (the Turkish Karakuyu Gölü), which Strabo noted was full of the reeds from which the pipes were fashioned. Diodorus Siculus felt that Apollo must have repented this "excessive" deed, and said that he had laid aside his lyre for a while, but Karl Kerenyi observes of the flaying of Marsyas' "shaggy hide: a penalty which will not seem especially cruel if one assumes that Marsyas' animal guise was merely a masquerade." Classical Greeks were unaware of such shamanistic overtones, and the Flaying of Marsyas became a theme for painting and sculpture. His brothers, nymphs, gods and goddesses mourned his death, and their tears, according to Ovid's Metamorphoses, were the source of the river Marsyas in Phrygia, which joins the Meander near Celaenae, where Herodotus reported that the flayed skin of Marsyas was still to be seen, and Ptolemy Hephaestion recorded a "festival of Apollo, where the skins of all those victims one has flayed are offered to the god." Plato was of the opinion that it had been made into a wineskin.

There are alternative sources of this story which state that it wasn't actually Marsyas who challenged Apollo but Apollo who challenged Marsyas because of his jealousy of the satyr's ability to play the flute. Therefore, hubris would not necessarily be a theme in this tale; rather the capricious weakness of the gods and their equally weak nature in comparison to humans.

There are several versions of the contest; according to Hyginus, Marsyas was departing as victor after the first round, when Apollo, turning his lyre upside down, played the same tune. This was something that Marsyas could not do with his flute. According to another version Marsyas was defeated when Apollo added his voice to the sound of the lyre. Marsyas protested, arguing that the skill with the instrument was to be compared, not the voice. However, Apollo replied that when Marsyas blew into the pipes, he was doing almost the same thing himself. The Muses supported Apollo's claim, leading to his victory.

Ovid touches upon the theme of Marsyas twice, very briefly telling the tale in Metamorphoses vi.383–400, where he concentrates on the tears shed into the river Marsyas, and making an allusion in Fasti, vi.649–710, where Ovid's primary focus is on the aulos and the roles of flute-players rather than Marsyas, whose name is not actually mentioned.

AR Denarius (17mm - 3.97 g)

Laureate head of Apollo right / Satyr Marsyas standing left, holding wine skin over shoulder; column surmounted by statue to right. 1 commentsecoli

L. Marcius Censorinus - AR denariusRome
²83 BC / ¹82 BC
laureate head of Apollo right
Marsyas standing left, rising hand, holding with wine skin over shoulder; column topped with Victory behind
L·CENSOR
¹Crawford 363/1, SRCV I 281, Sydenham 737, RSC I Marcia 24
²Mark Passehl - Roman moneyer & coin type chronology, 150 – 50 BC
3,8g 18mm
ex Rauch

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. The column depicted on reverse stood on Forum Romanum near praetorian tribunal. It was built by moneyer's ancestor C. Marcius Rutilius Censorius who as the first plebeian became augur in 300 BC and who also became censor as one of the first plebeians.J. B.

L. Marcius Censorinus, DenarL. Marcius Censorinus, Denar

RRC: 363/1d
82 bc
3,84 gr

AV: laureate head of Apollo, to right.
RV: L. CENSOR the satyr Marsyas, standing left with wineskin on his shoulder, behind him column with statue of minerva

ex Münzzentrum Rheinland, Auktion 188, Lot 150, 20.03.2019
Norbert

L.CENSOR - Denarius, Crawford 363/1dDenomination: Denarius
Era: c. 82 BC
Metal: AR
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo r. ; border of dots.

Reverse: Marsyas, bald headed, facing l. upward, with r. arm raised and holding wine -skin over l. shoulder; behind, column bearing statue of Victory; before, L·CENSOR downwards.

Mint: Rome
Weight: 3.94 gm.
Reference: Crawford 363/1d
Provenance: Schulman b.v., private purchase, 2-Aug-2017

Comments:
Very common but interesting and unique type. This example is well centered and EF.
1 comments

L.Censorinus/Marsyasone of my favourite republicans !2 commentsMrCardon

Lucius Marcius CensorinusObv: Laureate head of Apollo facing right (graffito below chin).

Rev: The satyr, Marsyas, walking left, his right arm raised, carrying a wine-skin over his left shoulder, a column topped with a small statue behind, L CENSOR before.

Silver Denarius, Rome mint, 82 BC

3.9 grams, 18.3 mm, 45°

RSC Marcia 24, S281Matt Inglima

MarsyasL. Censorinus, gens Marcia
AR - Denar, 3.68g, 24.17mm
Rome 82 BC
obv. (no legend)
bust of Apollo, laureate, r.
rev. L. CENSOR
Marsyas walking l., gazing upwards, raising r. Hand, with wineskin above
shoulder; tall column behind, surmounted by a draped figure (Minerva?)
Crawf. 363/1d; Syd. 737; Marcia 24
gVF/nEF

Marsyas was a Silen who found the flute which Athene had invented some times before. But when Athene saw in a mirror how awful her face was looking when playing the flute, she throw it away with a curse. Marsyas then learned to play the flute better as everyone else so that he challenged Apollo to a contest. The Muses should be the arbiters. But in this contest Apollo outsmarts Marsyas by singing to the cithara what Marsyas was not able to do with his flute. So he lost the contest and Apollo hung him up in a tree and let him skinned by a Skyth alive. His blood or the tears of the Muses then became the river Marsyas.
(Ovid, Metamorphoses, lib.VI, 382-400)1 commentsJochen

Mesopotamia, Carrhae, Gordian III, BMC 57Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 28, 13.6g
obv. [AVT] KM ANT GORDIANC CEB
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. [MHTR] KOL KARRHNWN
Bust of city-goddess (Tyche), draped, veiled and wearing mural-crown, l.; l.
before a small burning altar and a small statue of Aquarius, stg. r. on a
pedestal.
BMC 57; SNG Copenhagen 187
rare, F+

It is discussed wether the figur of the pedestalis Marsyas or Aquarius. If it is Aquarius it could be the river-god Karrha. This coin is the counterpart to the coin from Edessa!Jochen

Mesopotamia, Carrhae, Gordian III, Tyche, AquariusGordian III, (238-244)
Mesopotamia, Carrhae
Obv.: [...] K M ANT ΓOΡΔIANOC CEB, laureate bust right
Rev.: MHTP KOΛ [KAPPHNωN], draped bust of Tyche left, looking at a statue of Aquarius or Marsyas on short pedestal.
[KAPPHNωN from a die match]
AE, 15.09g, 28.1mm
Ref.: BMC 57shanxi

Mesopotamia, Edessa, Gordian III, BMC 124Gordian III, AD 238-244
AE 30, 17.41g
obv. AVTOK KM ANT GORDIANOC CEB
Bust, draped and cuirassed, laureate, r.
rev. MHT - KOL EDECCHNWN
Bust of city-goddess (Tyche), draped, veiled and wearing mural-crown, l.; l.
before a small burning altar and a small statue of Aquarius, stg. r. on a
pedestal.
BMC 124; SNG Copenhagen 221; SNG Righetti 2604; Sear 3789
F/about VF
Because Aquarius is standing on a column it is probably a monument. Such is not known for Aquarius but for Marsyas as symbol of a Roman colony. But this is not proved for Edessa (Hill).
The Aquarius could be the river-god Skirtos, today Daysan river.

This rev. is known for Tranquillina and occurs too on coins of Carrhae.
Jochen

Nero Assarion, Apamea, Phrygia.ΝΕΡΩΝ ΣEBAΣTOΣ, Bare head right,

EΠI M - OYETTIOY - NIΓPOY - KOINOC - ΦPYΓIAC - AΠAMEIC.

Marsyas standing right, playing double flute.

Issued under the Magistrate M. Vettius Nigrus.

RPC I 3137, SNG Copenhagen 208.1 commentsWill Hooton

Otacilia SeveraCOELESYRIA, Damascus. Otacilia Severa. Augusta, AD 244-249. Æ (29mm, 15.58 g, 12h). Draped bust right, set on crescent, wearing stephane / River-god Chrysorrhoas reclining left in grotto, holding branch and cornucopia; above, Marsyas standing left within tetrastyle temple; star and crescent flanking upper portion of grotto, [altar] to lower left of grotto, [Î Î—]Î“AI in exergue. De Saulcy 9; Rosenberger 40; Price & Trell fig. 413. VF, thick red-green patina. Rare type.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 660.

This highly interesting type explicitly states that the reverse scene depicts the temple located at the source (Ï€Î·Î³Î®) of the Chrysoroas (Barada) River. A related type struck under Macrinus shows the same temple seen in perspective (De Saulcy 2).ecoli

Philip I - Deultum244-249 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG
Marsyas raight raising arm and holding wine-skin
COL FL PA_C DEVLT
SNG Bulgaria 1638-9; Youroukova 446
6,84g 22mmJ. B.

Philip IISYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Marsyas standing right before cypress. Rosenberger 51; SNG München 1022; BMC -; SNG Copenhagen -.ecoli

Phoenicia, Tyros, Elagabal, BMC 390Elagabal, AD 218-222
AE 30, 13.95g
obv. IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG
Bust, draped and cuirassed, seen from behind, laureate, r.
rev. CEPT - IM - T - YRO / COLO
Astarte, in double chiton, wearing mural crown, l. foot on prow, holding
transversal sceptre, decorating tropaion stg. l., and being crowned by Victory,
stg. on column r.; at her feet l. Marsyas with vine-bag over shoulder, r. Murex-
shell.
BMC 390; SNG Rhigetti 2339
F+/about VF

Jochen

Phrygia, Apamea Æ15Phrygia, Apamea

133-48 BC.

15mm., 3.05g.

Turreted and draped bust of Artemis right, [bow and quiver behind shoulder]?

AÎ AM[?], Marsyas, naked but for chlamys and nebris, walking right on maeander pattern, blowing a double flute.

References:

AAGORL

Phrygia, Apamea. AE19. AD 244-268.Obv: ΔHMOC, laureate, bearded and draped bust of Demos right.
Rev: AΠAMEΩN, Marsyas walking right, wearing nebris, playing double-flute.
BMC 126.ancientone

Phrygia, ApameiaAE15, 3.86g, 12h; c. 133-48 BC.
Obv.: Turreted head of Artemis as Tyche right.
Rev.: AΠAMEΩN; Marsyas walking right on meander pattern, playing aulos.
Ref.: SNG Cop 189.
Notes: ex-Tom Vossen. This coin is included on the Apameia Wildwinds page.John Anthony

PHRYGIA, APAMEIA133-48 BC
AE15 mm, 3.88 g
O: Turreted head of Artemis right
R: The satyr Marsyas walking right, playing double pipes (aulos)
Phrygia, Apameialaney

PHRYGIA, APAMEIAPHRYGIA, APAMEIA
133-48 BC
AE 13 mm, 1.63 g
O: Turreted head of Artemis right
R: The satyr Marsyas walking right, playing double pipes (aulos)
Phrygia, Apameialaney

Phrygia, Apameia AE17. Artemis/Marsyas playing flutePhrygia, Apameia AE17. ca 133-48 BC. Turreted head of Artemis right, bow & quiver over shoulder / naked Marsyas walking right on Maeander pattern, playing flute. SNGvA 3473v. BMC 62v. ancientone

Phrygia, Apameia BMC 74autonomous issue 133-48 BC
AE 17, 4.2g
obv. (anepigraphic)
Bust of Artemis, with bow and quiver on shoulder, wearing mural crown, r.
rev. APAME[WN] / KHFISO - SKAV (from upper r. to lower l.)
Marsyas, nude, nebris flowing behind, [with Phrygean bonnet,] stg. tip-toed on
Meander pattern, r., playing double-flute
BMC 74; SNG Copenhagen 190 var; S 1854
VF
ex Abner Kreisberg 1968

Apameia was situated near the springs of the river Marsyas and Meander.
Jochen

Phrygia, Apameia, pseudo-autonomous, BMC 90AE 19, 3.29g
struck c. 3rd century AD
obv. DH - MOC
Bust of Demos, bearded, draped, laureate(?), r.
rev. APA - MEW - N (starting right above)
Marsyas, nude, nebris flowing behind him, advancing r., playing double
flute
BMC 90; SNG Copenhagen 200
VF

Marsyas playing the auloi, the typical double-flute. Actually the auloi was not a simple flute but a tongued instrument so more like an oboe. Both parts often were tuned in the distance of an octave but that could be changed. Here you can clearly see the grip holes.
2 commentsJochen

Phrygia, Apameia. Cira 100-50 BCE, Artemis w/bow & quiverPHRYGIA, Apameia. Circa 100-50 BC. Æ 18mm (4.5 g,
Aristo- and Kephis-, magistrates. Turreted head of Artemis right; bow and quiver over shoulder /
Marsyas advancing right, playing double flute; downwards to left, APIÎ£TÎ© and KHÎ¦IC.
SNG von Aulock 3472; SNG Copenhagen 191. VF, desert patina.
sold 2-20182 commentsNORMAN K

R., Troas, Alexandria, 090 Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), BMC 182, AE-21, COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, #1Troas, Alexandria, 090 Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), BMC 182, AE-21, COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, #1
avers: IMP LICIN GALLIENVS, Laureate, draped bust right.
reverse: COL AVG TROAD, Statue of naked Marsyas standing right, carrying wineskin over the shoulder, raising a right hand holding a cup.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 21,0-22,0mm, weight:5,80g, axes: 1h,
mint: Troas, Alexandria, date: 253-268 A.D., ref: Bellinger A460, BMC 182; SNG München 139,
Q-001quadrans

ROMAN EMPIRE PROVINCIAL, Elagabal AE24 from Alexandria TroasElagabal AE24, 218-222 AD, Alexandria Troas.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust right, seen from rear.
Rev: COL ALEXA AVG, Marsyas on pedestal right, raising right, holding wine-skin over his shoulder with left.
Ø 22-24 mm, 7.28 g
Bellinger -, Hunter -, Leypold -, Lindgren -, SNG Aul. -, SNG Cop. -, SNG München -, SNG Tüb. -

An unpublished reverse for Elagabal from Alexandria Troas. See discussion herePscipio

Roman Provincial: Elagabalus as Augustus, AE25 Tetrassarion.Phoenicia, Berytus 218-222 A.D. 11.03g - 25.1mm, Axis 5h.

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTΩNINVS AVG - Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.

Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL / BER - Tetrastyle archway or temple with central domed roof, surmounted by Atargatis riding lion right; small gated turret on left & right of roof. Within the archway,
figure of Marsyas standing right on base, holding wine skin over shoulder & raising right hand.

Ref: B.MC 192; Rouvier 572; Mionnet V, 79; Babelon "Perses.." 1292-1293.
Provenance: Chris Scarlioli Collection.Christian Scarlioli

Roman Republic, 82 BC, MarciaAR Denarius (4.2g, 16mm, 2h). Rome mint, Struck 82 BC. Monneyer: L. Marcius Censoinus.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo facing right.
Rev. L.CENSOR before the satyr Marsyas standing left with a wine-skin over his shoulder and behind him a column on which is a draped statuette.
Sear (RCV) 273; Seaby (RSC I.) Marcia 24

The reverse refers to the story from the Greek mythology where the satyr Marsyas challenges Apollo
to a musical contest.Charles S

sidonbmc242Elagabalus
Sidon, Phoenicia

Obv: [IMP CAESAR MAV ANTO]NINVS AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right
Rev: [COL] AVR PIA METRO SID, Astarte standing facing, with foot on prow, holding stylis and being crowned by Nike on column; to lower left, Marsyas standing right.
29 mm, 19.62 gms

BMC 242Charles M

sidonwjuliapaula001Julia Paula
Sidon, Phoenicia

Obv: IVLIA PAVLA AVG, draped bust right.
Rev: ...PI ME SID, Marsyas advancing left, wineskin over shoulder.
17 mm, 6.04 gms

BMC---; AUB---; Lindgren---; Mionett---; Rouvier---.

From Savoca Coins, 80th Blue Auction, lot 994. Charles M

Syria, Heliopolis, Marsyas Heliopolis, Syria
Pseudo-autonomous issue
Severan times, emission 3 , AD 198
Obv.: C-HE across field, Marsyas standing right, right hand raised, wineskin over shoulder
Rev.: COL HEL in two lines within laurel wreath
AE, 1.92g, 14.1mm
Ref.: Sawaya 262shanxi

Thracia, Deultum, Diadumenian, Varbanov 2234Diadumenian, AD 217-218
AE 19, 3.88g, 18.64mm
obv. M OPEL ANTONI - NVS DIADV C
Bust, draped and cuirassed, bare-headed, r.
rev. P-C-F-D
Marsyas, nude, tip-toed dancing r., wine-skin over l. shoulder, r. hand raised in greeting attitude
ref. Varbanov (engl.) 2234 (PC, K. Atanasov)
rare, about VF/F+, light green patina

Varbanov writes 'draped' in error. Here the bust has shoulder-flaps and is draped and cuirassed. And so is the pic in Varbanov.Jochen

Time of Gallienus, c. AD 253-268. Æ23, 5.9g, 6h. TROAS, Alexandria.
Obv.: ALEX TRO CO;Turreted and draped bust of Tyche right; to left, vexillum inscribed CO/AV in two lines.
Rev.: COL AVG TROA; Marsyas standing right, holding wineskin.
Reference: Bellinger A497; SNG Copenhagen 103; SNG von Aulock 1463 / 17-274-40John Anthony

Tranquillina (238-244 AD), Deultum, ThraceRoman Provincial, Deultum, Thrace, Tranquillina AE 22, (238-244 AD), 4.74g, 22.5mm

Obverse: SAB TRANQVILLINA AVG, Diademmed, draped bust right.

Reverse: COL FL PAC DEVLT, Marsyas advancing right, with shouldered wineskin.

Reference: Varbanov GIC Vol. II 2949
Gil-galad

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