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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 2151515, member: 44132&quot;]Well this is my 7,500th post.&nbsp; As this occasion was nearing, I decided to buy myself a present for this auspicious occasion.&nbsp; I like presents (especially ones I choose for myself):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]412883[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]412884[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>C NORBANUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS NORBANA</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>OBVERSE: C• NORBANVS, head of Venus right, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace; XVIIII behind</p><p>REVERSE:&nbsp; Prow-stem, fasces, caduceus and grain ear.</p><p>Rome 83 BC</p><p>3.8g, 18mm</p><p>Crawford 357/1a. Sydenham 740. Norbana 1 </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The reverse type is probably an allusion to the moneyer&#039;s father and the part he played in Sicily during the Social war, when he raised troops, organised a fleet, and provisioned the town of Rhegium.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is actually the second coin I own of C. Norbanus; however, the first is slightly different and more common.&nbsp; This new coin is the rarer of the two and in much better condition.&nbsp; This is my other Norbanus:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]412885[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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