Early Denarius

The spear is from an HJB list, years before I was associated with the firm. The ROMA monogram is from a Gorny sale. There's a little story surrounding that one: Alan Walker was my agent then. I called him with my bids; he told me he couldn't accept my bid because he already had a bid from Charles Hersh on the coin, albeit a much lower one. I offered to defer to Hersh if his limit would win the lot, with the understanding that my bid would reenter the auction once Hersh's bid was surpassed. I wasn't too worried about losing the coin (which I badly wanted) because I was pretty sure Charles' bid was nowhere near enough. In the event, it wasn't and (obviously!) I did win the coin.

The next time I saw Hersh, probably in NY, he thanked me quite cordially. This was a change; he had been rather cool and aloof to me up to then. Sadly, Charles passed away before a friendship could fully develop. I asked him if he already had the type; it turned out that of course he did. He wanted this because the A in the monogram was formed differently than on his example.

I really like the OP coin. I would've been interested in it if I needed that variety.

 

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Wow, that's an awesome OP RR-addition (congrats, Carthago) ...

=> yup, I love the tassels!! (sweet detail)

Ummm sadly, my only Pre-200-BC-AR-Roman-Republic example is this ol' Victoriatus

 

WOW, Super lovely examples...and the OP is one of the finest examples of artistry that I have yet seen---CONGRATS @Carthago !!!!

My best example of Roma and the Dioscuri:

 

Great backstory. I know RBW was good friends with Hersch. Unfortunately, the same fate befell me with RBW as I was only introduced to him shortly before he passed away as well. I was able to talk with him a bit about one of his coins I bought that I found had belonged to HP Hall, which he didn't realize. He was quite pleased.

 

Always really liked this Victoriatus of yours... just nice.

 

Gorgeous coins!! The Swiss Coin Fairy is the best