VERY nice @Andres2 ! Thanks for the write-up and a great coin! I collect Roman Republicans, so I have a bunch of Dioscuri, as they were used alot, especially in their earlier Coinage... Here are a few: RR AR Sestertius After 211 BCE 12mm 1.0g Rome mint Roma r IIS - Dioscuri riding stars in ex ROMA Sear 46 Craw 44/7 RSC 4 RR Anon AR denarius Roma 211-206 BCE ROMA incus Dioscuri single horn-helmet Sear-- Craw 68-1b SICILY ISSUE RARE was Craw 44/5 RR Anon AE 23 Quincunx 6.96g Apollo P behind Dioscuri Luceria 5 pellets Cr 99-4 Syd 309 Sear 910 Rare RR AE Aes Grave Sextans 270 BCE 37mm 55.28g Dioscuri R and L RI Maxentius 306-312 CE AE Folles Dioscuri holding their horses She-Wolf Baktria Greco-Baktrian Kingdom Eukratides I Megas 170-145 BCE Dioscuri AE Quadruple Unit
ANONYMOUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Roma right; behind, X REVERSE: The Dioscuri galloping right; in exergue, ROMΛ in raised letters within linear frame Struck at Rome 214-213 BC 19.8mm, 3.45g Sydenham 140. Crawford 44/5
Great types, everyone. Here is my only Discouri type, an M. Junius Silanus..and thanks to a recent investigation...quite real after all.
You know, I rarely comment on whether a coin is fake or not from postings. I have been in manufacturing far too long to render an opinion just on a pic, rather than evaluating in-hand. It is not mine to dash hope or give hope when I do not believe myself an expert. However, whenever you posted this little guy, I never thought that it as a fake. Good feeling that all is good! Nice Denarius, and a good feeling you can rest easy about it.
