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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 998120, member: 19463&quot;]Roman Republican Denarius</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Roman power arose in central Italy and spread throughout the Mediterranean world.&nbsp; Early Roman coins were issued by moneyers who were allowed to select designs honoring members of their family.&nbsp; This silver denarius came from an official who claimed decent from the shepherd Faustulus who had discovered the infants Romulus and Remus being cared for by a wolf over 600 years before the coin was made c.137 BC.&nbsp; The office of moneyer changed every year resulting in many very interesting coins from the Roman Republic.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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