I tell myself that I do not need one of each of the anonymous RR denarii, but I could not pass on this one at it's minimum bid. It was a bit like the ugly duckling and needed some love. The seller's pics - Roman Republican Denarius, Rome, 211-206 B.C. Obv - Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of griffin; X behind. Rev - The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding a spear, in linear frame ROMA 20.1 mm, 2.98 g, 11 h The coin was listed as VF, flan chip. That is about right for me. There is not much wear, but a lot of the coin is missing. What looks good to me are the details on the horses. I think the irregular flan is interesting. I do not want all of my coins to be irregular, but one or two are interesting. Cr 164/1a BMCRR Italy 281 Syd 229 Ex RBW collection (not in previous sales) It looks like Steve Brinkman's web site agrees, your thoughts? http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#intro Post your anonymous denarii. Crawford has 22 (I think) types & Brinkman adds 2 more. How many do CT folks have?
Great find! I really love the older RR issues (well, I, LOL, know YOU do too!) I have a couple Anonymous AR Denarii... RR Anon 86 BCE AR Den Apollo Jupiter Quadriga Sear 266 Craw 350A/2 RR Anon 189-179 BCE AR Den Roma Luna Biga Sear 69 Craw 158/1
It's definitely 164/1a and a nice example of the type. I'd be surprised if you found an anon silver that RBW misattributed as he took a special interest in those from what I understand, and he certainly had quite a few of them. Unfortunately I don't have any fully-anon denarii just yet, every time one comes around that I like I get outbid or just don't have room in the budget at the time. One of these days.
I bought this Octavian Denarius for similar reasons to you rrdenarius, you can see most of the detail is strong and a hell of a lot cheaper than if it didn't have the broken edges, this one I purchased of the Curia senate house in the Roman forum are extremely expensive in good VF but with a few bits broken under 200 Euro.
Fantastic OP denarius!! Flan chip or not, I would have bid on this as well! One of these high on my RR want list. At Ancient Aussie, very nice Augustus with Senate house!
Congrats! This is a genuinely rare coin. I have the other variety, 164/1b, but it's no wonder coin either:
Yeah, you're right Brian... But I'm currently watching a few other RR denarii at the moment...circa 126 BC and I'm risking life and limb as it is LOL
