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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;svessien, post: 4412791, member: 15481&quot;]Nice. Congrats!</p><p><br /></p><p>I picked up two rr denarii:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1107886[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cn Domitius Ahenobarbus. Denarius 116 or 115, AR 19mm., 3.89g. Helmeted head of Roma r.; behind, X and before, ROMA. Rev. Jupiter in prancing quadriga r., holding sceptre and hurling thunderbolt; in exergue, CN DOMI. Babelon Domitia 7. Sydenham 535. Crawford 285/1</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1107887[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b>P. Laeca. Denarius circa 110 or 109, AR 19mm., 4.00g. Helmeted head of Roma r.; below chin, mark of value *. Behind, P – LAECA and above helmet, ROMA. Rev. Military governor standing l., placing hand over citizen before him; behind him, attendant standing r. holding rods; in exergue, PROVOCO. Babelon Porcia 4. Sydenham 571. RBW –. Crawford 301/1.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Two decent coins for a reasonable price. I like the coins with a reverse refering to the political life in the republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wonder if D. Ahenobarbus may be one of the ancestors of Nero. So that will be a research project. </p><p><br /></p><p>And it’s my birthday. So I deserve coins....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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