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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2248679, member: 51347"]Excellent write up! Well done [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] ! Very nice specimen. I captured the same in a lot a while ago, albeit NOT in the quality example that you have! Mine is off-struck and misses the Gallic Warrior detail that you acquired. Obv encircled with moneyer name C MALLE C F with X value for the *. But...I got it!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]444534[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]444535[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My book: Roman Coins and Their Values Vol 1 by David R Sear pub Spink & Son reprinted 2006 lists this as Sear 158 - L. Licinius Crassus and Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus with L. Cosconius, C. Malleolus, L. Pomponius, or L. Porcius Licinius, 118 BCE. Extraordinary issue...</p><p>Also, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] you HAVE to read the Roman names in your head in the PROPER Latin pronunciation... none of that modern era soft pronunciation of the consanents and you must use the oo sound for u, etc... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2248679, member: 51347"]Excellent write up! Well done [USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] ! Very nice specimen. I captured the same in a lot a while ago, albeit NOT in the quality example that you have! Mine is off-struck and misses the Gallic Warrior detail that you acquired. Obv encircled with moneyer name C MALLE C F with X value for the *. But...I got it! [ATTACH=full]444534[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]444535[/ATTACH] My book: Roman Coins and Their Values Vol 1 by David R Sear pub Spink & Son reprinted 2006 lists this as Sear 158 - L. Licinius Crassus and Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus with L. Cosconius, C. Malleolus, L. Pomponius, or L. Porcius Licinius, 118 BCE. Extraordinary issue... Also, [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] you HAVE to read the Roman names in your head in the PROPER Latin pronunciation... none of that modern era soft pronunciation of the consanents and you must use the oo sound for u, etc... :D[/QUOTE]
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