Appian Mithridates:
But what was it?! And who could buy it without committing sacrilege? Could it have been land? Are there other sources for this source or revenue?
χρυσίου λίτρας ἐνακισχιλίας
Why give the value in gold? 88 isn’t a period where we find aureii. Sulla’s gold came from the east…
Could this reflect in anyway the appearance of Numa on the coins of 88 BCE? RRC 346
[ I’m listening to Mads Ortving Lindholmer on Philotimia in Appian. A convincing reading of the views of the author towards the Romans and who their motivations serve as historical causality. ]
Liv Mariah Yarrow 