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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8330457, member: 110350&quot;]And I&#039;m wrong again! Usually I have a decent memory for the ancient coins I own, especially the Roman Republican denarii; I&#039;m not sure what&#039;s come over me. Perhaps it&#039;s that I always think of this as a &quot;doggie coin,&quot; not a &quot;horsey coin&quot;:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, C. Antestius, AR Denarius 146 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing winged helmet with peaked visor (ornamented with griffin’s head?), pearl necklace, and earring of pellets in form of bunch of grapes, C • ANTESTI upwards behind [partially off flan, <u>ANTE</u> ligate], X [mark of value, 10 asses]* beneath chin / Rev. Dioscuri holding spears, on horseback galloping right; puppy running right below horses’ hooves, with both forefeet raised; in exergue, ROMA; minor flan flaws on reverse. Crawford 219/1e, RSC I Antestia 1, BMCRR I 859, Sear RCV I 95/1 (ill.), Sydenham 411. 19 mm.. 3.76 g., 3 h.&nbsp; Ex. CNG Auction 378, July 13, 2016, Lot 408; ex. RBW [Richard B. Witschonke] Collection; ex. BCD Collection [see old coin ticket], purchased by RBW from BCD March 1985; ex. ASW [Alan S. Walker, currently Dir. of Nomos AG]. ** [Footnotes omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1476570[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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