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<p>[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4688992, member: 99456"]Returning to this thread with a redemption coin. I purchased a deceptive fake of this type a few years ago and achieved redemption this year with this genuine one - only 18 obverse dies in Crawford (only 1 with this control letter). These coins were struck as C. Annius was sent to Spain by Sulla:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><font size="4">"And not long afterwards Caius Annius was sent out by Sulla, and seeing that Julius could not be assailed, he knew not what to do, and sat idly down at the base of the mountains."</font></p><p><font size="4">- Plutarch, <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sertorius*.html#7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sertorius*.html#7" rel="nofollow">Life of Sertorius 7.2</a></font></p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153179[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Annius T. f. T. n. and L. Fabius Hispaniensis</b>, AR denarius, North Italy or Spain, 82-81 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> C•ANNI•T•F•T•N•PRO•COS•EX•S•C, female head right, wearing diadem, control letter P below with dot to right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Victory in quadriga right, holding reins and palm branch, Q above, L•FABI•L•F•HISP in exergue</p><p><b>Ref: </b>Crawford 366/2a (no scales on obverse, P control letter with dot to right)</p><p><br /></p><p>This second one of this type shows a very different style, yet still C. Annius:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153182[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Annius T.f. T.n and L. Fabius L.f. Hispaniensis, </b>Spain 82-81 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> [C·ANNIVS·T·F·T·N]·PRO ·COS·EX·S·C·, diademed and draped female bust right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Victory in slow quadriga right, holding palm-branch and reins; above horses, Q and below, S. In exergue, [L·]FABI L F HISP</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 366/3c - only 4 dies known (one with S for control mark)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sulla80, post: 4688992, member: 99456"]Returning to this thread with a redemption coin. I purchased a deceptive fake of this type a few years ago and achieved redemption this year with this genuine one - only 18 obverse dies in Crawford (only 1 with this control letter). These coins were struck as C. Annius was sent to Spain by Sulla: [INDENT][SIZE=4]"And not long afterwards Caius Annius was sent out by Sulla, and seeing that Julius could not be assailed, he knew not what to do, and sat idly down at the base of the mountains." - Plutarch, [URL='http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Plutarch/Lives/Sertorius*.html#7']Life of Sertorius 7.2[/URL][/SIZE][/INDENT] [ATTACH=full]1153179[/ATTACH] [B]C. Annius T. f. T. n. and L. Fabius Hispaniensis[/B], AR denarius, North Italy or Spain, 82-81 BC [B]Obv:[/B] C•ANNI•T•F•T•N•PRO•COS•EX•S•C, female head right, wearing diadem, control letter P below with dot to right [B]Rev:[/B] Victory in quadriga right, holding reins and palm branch, Q above, L•FABI•L•F•HISP in exergue [B]Ref: [/B]Crawford 366/2a (no scales on obverse, P control letter with dot to right) This second one of this type shows a very different style, yet still C. Annius: [ATTACH=full]1153182[/ATTACH] [B]C. Annius T.f. T.n and L. Fabius L.f. Hispaniensis, [/B]Spain 82-81 BC [B]Obv:[/B] [C·ANNIVS·T·F·T·N]·PRO ·COS·EX·S·C·, diademed and draped female bust right [B]Rev:[/B] Victory in slow quadriga right, holding palm-branch and reins; above horses, Q and below, S. In exergue, [L·]FABI L F HISP [B]Ref:[/B] Crawford 366/3c - only 4 dies known (one with S for control mark)[/QUOTE]
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