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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2978717, member: 75525&quot;]Nice upgrade! How many times have you traveled the Labyrinth? </p><p>My upgrade is a modest RR coin. The before and after, and a bit of a write up:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]732433[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]732434[/ATTACH] </p><p>Before</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]732435[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]732436[/ATTACH] </p><p>After</p><p><br /></p><p>I fell in love with this coin when I saw it. I was not looking to upgrade a coin I bought in 2011 and had to wait extra time while the MOU between the US and Italy went into effect. I eventually received the first coin. At the time, I did not have around 150 BC, so this one was a nice addition to my collection. The new one is about as high a grade I have in the series.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>L.SAVF - </b>Lucius Saufeius, Roman Republican Silver Denarius, 152 BC, Rome</p><p>Obverse – Head of Roma R wearing a winged helmet decorated with a gryphon’s head; wearing ear rings with 3 drops, middle one is long and others are pellets; wearing necklace; hair in 3 locks; X behind head</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse – Victory, naked to hips, driving biga, horses galloping (or prancing), whip in R hand and reins in L hand, L.SAVF below (archaic style L), (VF in monogram), ROMA in partial linear frame at bottom of coin. The border for ROMA has been described as:</p><p>·&nbsp; On tablet</p><p>·&nbsp; In exergue</p><p>·&nbsp; In linear frame</p><p>·&nbsp; In linear frame in exergue</p><p>·&nbsp; On raised tablet, in exergue</p><p>I think there are two main styles here. Most coins have a partial linear frame (a box with two or three sides). I have seen none with a 4th side or a line below ROMA. Small flans or off center strikes cut off some or all of the two side lines. A few coins have just a long exergue line.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Saufeia gens appears to be from Praeneste and is not mentioned before 100 BC. This moneyer issued silver (denarius) and bronze coins (As, Semis, Triens, Quadrans &amp; Sextans).</p><p><br /></p><p>Cr – 204/1</p><p>BMCRR – 835 Gruber notes the two examples in his book have different ear rings: #835 (and mine) has ear rings with a longer center droplet, #834 has similar sized droplets.</p><p>Sear – 83</p><p>RSC/Bab – Saufeia 1</p><p>Syd – 384</p><p>RBW – 874</p><p>Albert – 874</p><p>NMW – 235 – 237</p><p>NMCr – 44 – 45[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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