sulla80Sep 6, 20203 minQ. Caecilius Metellus supporter of Sulla This denarius, gives me a reason to return to the story of Sulla and the War with Mithridates VI of Pontus. After hastily wrapping up...
sulla80Sep 6, 20202 minSulla's grandson and a rare obverse dieAfter the first Social War (91-88 BC), in which Lucius Cornelius Sulla distinguished himself as a general especially in his defeat of the...
sulla80Sep 6, 20202 minArsakes XVI and the Third Mithridatic WarAttributing Parthian coins to a king and time period, can be complicated. This coin, 30.16, is assigned by Sellwood to an Unknown King...
sulla80Sep 6, 20204 minSulla in Cappadocia: First Meeting with ParthiaThis story of the first diplomatic contact between Rome and Parthia, is illustrated with three coins. The story begins around 101 BC when...