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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4727189, member: 110350"]I've posted this coin before, with what look like ancient bankers' marks on the obverse to the left of Medusa's mouth. To me, they make her look more fierce:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, AR Denarius, 47 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Facing head of Medusa with coiled snake on either side of face [<i>bankers’ marks to left of mouth</i>], L. PLAVTIVS below / Rev. Winged Aurora flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the sun, PLANCVS below. RSC I Plautia 15, Crawford 453/1a, Sydenham 959, Sear RCV I 429, BMCRR Rome 4004. 18 mm., 4.0 g. RRDP die matches: Schaefer Binder 9, p. 185-0, Die Type XXVI.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157711[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1157713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 4727189, member: 110350"]I've posted this coin before, with what look like ancient bankers' marks on the obverse to the left of Medusa's mouth. To me, they make her look more fierce: Roman Republic, L. Plautius Plancus, AR Denarius, 47 BCE, Rome mint. Obv. Facing head of Medusa with coiled snake on either side of face [[I]bankers’ marks to left of mouth[/I]], L. PLAVTIVS below / Rev. Winged Aurora flying right, holding palm frond and conducting the four horses of the sun, PLANCVS below. RSC I Plautia 15, Crawford 453/1a, Sydenham 959, Sear RCV I 429, BMCRR Rome 4004. 18 mm., 4.0 g. RRDP die matches: Schaefer Binder 9, p. 185-0, Die Type XXVI. [ATTACH=full]1157711[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1157713[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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