Publius Cornelius Sulla, silver denarius, 3.68 g.
Title
Publius Cornelius Sulla, silver denarius, 3.68 g.
Creator
Publius Cornelius Sulla
Date
151 BCE
Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, mark of value, X. Border of dots.
Reverse: Victory in biga right, holding whip in right hand and reins in left hand; below P SVLA; ROMA in exergue. Line border.
Style/Period: Roman Republic
The minting magistrate of this coin is the same Cornelius who minted coin C004. This coin resembles a quadrigatus from the mid-third century BCE. In the mid-second century, the quadriga on these coins was variously driven by Victory, Venus, Juno, and Jupiter (see coins C007, C009, C010, C013, C019, C023, C024, C036.
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Cornelia, 1; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 110, no. 828; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 437; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 44, no. 386; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 249-250, no. 205/1; F. Münzer, Pauly-Wissowa Real-Encyclopädie, iv, 1513-1515, s.v. Cornelius Sulla (376ff.); Velleius, ii.17.a;
-- Bradford W. Wendel, LU '96
Bibliography: E. Babelon, Description historique et chronologique des monnaies de la republique romaine (Paris and London 1885-1886) Cornelia, 1; H. A. Grueber, Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum (London 1910), I, 110, no. 828; T. R. S. Broughton, The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, II (New York 1952) 437; E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic (London 1952) 44, no. 386; M. H. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage (London 1974), 249-250, no. 205/1; F. Münzer, Pauly-Wissowa Real-Encyclopädie, iv, 1513-1515, s.v. Cornelius Sulla (376ff.); Velleius, ii.17.a;
Source
Classics Department Collection
Identifier
C005
Rights
Wriston Art Center Galleries, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI,wriston-gallery@lawrence.edu,920-832-6890
Files
Citation
Publius Cornelius Sulla, “Publius Cornelius Sulla, silver denarius, 3.68 g.,” Lawrence University Classics Department & Ottilia Buerger Coin Collections, accessed November 5, 2026, https://thor.lawrence.edu/omeka/buerger/items/show/366.