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<p>[QUOTE="Nicholas Molinari, post: 8260133, member: 78411"]Per Mark Fox at Forvm:</p><p><br /></p><p>"An imitation, yes, but a rather special one in my opinion. For a match, see Series 26, Nos. 394–395, in Clive <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" rel="nofollow">Stannard</a>'s "The Local Coinages of Central <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=64" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=64" rel="nofollow">Italy</a> in the Late <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=107" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=107" rel="nofollow">Roman Republic</a>, Provisional <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18&pos=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18&pos=0" rel="nofollow">Catalogue</a>, October 2007":</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/33049903/THE_LOCAL_COINAGES_OF_CENTRAL_ITALY_IN_THE_LATE_ROMAN_REPUBLIC_Provisional_Catalogue_2007" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/33049903/THE_LOCAL_COINAGES_OF_CENTRAL_ITALY_IN_THE_LATE_ROMAN_REPUBLIC_Provisional_Catalogue_2007" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/33049903/THE_LOCAL_COINAGES_OF_CENTRAL_ITALY_IN_THE_LATE_ROMAN_REPUBLIC_Provisional_Catalogue_2007</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What is doubly special about the present example is the partially visible lettering, "L [...] D", which the other coins lack due to probable striking issues. The <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend" rel="nofollow">legend</a> suggests the <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse" rel="nofollow">reverse</a> design may have been at least partially inspired by a <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=paestum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=paestum" rel="nofollow">Paestum</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse" rel="nofollow">reverse</a>. It is reason alone to bring the new coin to <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" rel="nofollow">Stannard</a>'s attention. Strangely, the Janus/Hercules strangling <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1804" rel="nofollow">lion</a> <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=type" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=type" rel="nofollow">type</a> appears to be absent in <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard" rel="nofollow">Stannard</a>'s later paper, "The Labors of <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1530" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1530" rel="nofollow">Hercules</a> on Central <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian" rel="nofollow">Italian</a> Coins and <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1761" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1761" rel="nofollow">Tesserae</a> of the First century BC," published in Richard <a href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=witschonke" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=witschonke" rel="nofollow">Witschonke</a>'s Festschrift (2015)."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Nicholas Molinari, post: 8260133, member: 78411"]Per Mark Fox at Forvm: "An imitation, yes, but a rather special one in my opinion. For a match, see Series 26, Nos. 394–395, in Clive [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard']Stannard[/URL]'s "The Local Coinages of Central [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=64']Italy[/URL] in the Late [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=107']Roman Republic[/URL], Provisional [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=18&pos=0']Catalogue[/URL], October 2007": [URL]https://www.academia.edu/33049903/THE_LOCAL_COINAGES_OF_CENTRAL_ITALY_IN_THE_LATE_ROMAN_REPUBLIC_Provisional_Catalogue_2007[/URL] What is doubly special about the present example is the partially visible lettering, "L [...] D", which the other coins lack due to probable striking issues. The [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=legend']legend[/URL] suggests the [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse']reverse[/URL] design may have been at least partially inspired by a [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=paestum']Paestum[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=reverse']reverse[/URL]. It is reason alone to bring the new coin to [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard']Stannard[/URL]'s attention. Strangely, the Janus/Hercules strangling [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1804']lion[/URL] [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=type']type[/URL] appears to be absent in [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=stannard']Stannard[/URL]'s later paper, "The Labors of [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1530']Hercules[/URL] on Central [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Numismatic%20Italian']Italian[/URL] Coins and [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=1761']Tesserae[/URL] of the First century BC," published in Richard [URL='https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=witschonke']Witschonke[/URL]'s Festschrift (2015)."[/QUOTE]
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