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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Roman Collector, post: 8329496, member: 75937&quot;]Here&#039;s a Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi, of which everyone seems to have an example.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-calpurnius-piso-frugi-denarius-horseman-mb-jpg.1304248/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, 90 BC.</p><p>Roman AR denarius, 3.68 g, 18.1 mm, 8 h.</p><p>Rome, 90 BC.</p><p>Obv: Laureate head of Apollo right; ΨXXXVIII behind.</p><p>Rev: Horseman right with palm-branch in left hand and reins in right hand; CVII above, L<b>·</b>PISO FRVGI / ROMA monogram below.</p><p>Refs: Ghey, Leins &amp; Crawford 340.1.84; RSC Calpurnia 11; Sydenham (CRR) 664b; BMCRR 1928; Sear 235.</p><p>Notes: Double die match to <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1901-0407-128" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1901-0407-128" rel="nofollow">BMC specimen</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believe it or not, this is my only horse biga in the Republican series. I wish the flans for these were large enough to contain the whole design. I purchased this one for Fulvia though, not the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/fulvia-musidius-longus-denarius-jpg.1087762/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Mussidius Longus, Moneyer 42 BC.</p><p>Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.48 gm, 16.4 mm, 4 h.</p><p>Rome, 42 BC.</p><p>Obv: Draped bust of Marc Antony&#039;s 3rd wife, Fulvia, as Victory, right.</p><p>Rev: L·MVSSIDIVS LONGVS, Victory in biga right, holding reins in both hands.</p><p>Refs: RRC 494/40; BMCRR 4229; RCV 1517; Sydenham 1095; RSC Mussidia 4; Banti Mussidia 613.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone has one of these, too.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/l-cupiennius-denarius-dioscuri-jpg.1286400/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>L. Cupiennius, 147 BC.</p><p>Roman Republican AR denarius, 3.89 g, 17.7 mm, 3 h.</p><p>Rome, 147 BC.</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma, right; cornucopiae behind; denominational mark X before.</p><p>Rev: Dioscuri galloping right; L·CVP (VP ligatured) below; ROMA in exergue.</p><p>Refs: Crawford (RRC) 218/1; RSC Cupiennia 1; Sydenham (CRR) 404; RCV 94.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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