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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 3006352, member: 75525&quot;]Nice coins [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] ! I like the biga of lions. This series has two control marks: on Obv - a symbol (caduceus, shield, thunder bolt, etc.) &amp; on Rev - Greek letter(s). I bought one a couple of years ago and could not read the letters, so I did a bit of searching and found most of the dies. I posted the results here:</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/01/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/01/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/2015/01/</a></p><p>Mine is a ΞΒ / thunderbolt. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]744953[/ATTACH] </p><p>M. Volteius M.f. AR Denarius. Rome, 75 BC.</p><p>Obverse - Laureate, helmeted, and draped bust of Attis right; thunderbolt behind, control symbol</p><p>Reverse - Cybele driving biga of lions right; ΞΒ above - control number (in Greek letters); in ex - M·VOLTEI·M·F</p><p>Crawford 385/4; Sydenham 777; Volteia 4. 3.87g, 18mm, 8h. Good Very Fine. </p><p>There is some disagreement on the identity of the person on the obverse.</p><p>Grueber in BMCRR – Mommsen said, Attis, the beautiful Phrygian shepherd who was beloved by Cybele and had a cult following in Asia Minor. Cavedoni said, it is Corybas, son of Cybele.</p><p>Sydenham and Seaby quote Grueber.</p><p>Crawford and Sear say bust right. Crawford gives at least 3 probabilities.</p><p>RBW Collection – this attribution says male head, R.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one where you make the call. I like Attis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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