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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1862640, member: 19463&quot;]As mentioned in a previous thread, I won just one lot in the recent GN Pecunem online auction.&nbsp; It arrived today.&nbsp; Overall, I&#039;d say it is better than their photo and a welcome addition to my Republicans.&nbsp;&nbsp; The coin continues to make me glad I bought the Banti set since it is a reverse die match of Banti 6/3.&nbsp; Banti only had five of these and mine is about in the middle quality-wise.&nbsp;&nbsp; This has the minor devices in the reverse field of a grasshopper or locust over a ship&#039;s prow.&nbsp; The obverse head is identified as Mars but the naked reverse figure is only called &#039;warrior&#039;.&nbsp; To the left is a military trophy of arms.&nbsp; I have no idea of the purpose of the prow and insect but it makes this an animal coin.&nbsp; Compared to the others I have found online, my grasshopper is also middle quality when it comes to looking like a grasshopper.&nbsp;&nbsp; My coin is defective in that the ligate legend C MAL hits the edge making the bottom of the L only discernible with a bit of imagination.&nbsp;&nbsp; The obverse has the crossed <strike>X </strike>denomination mark below and a mallet (Malleolus) above Mars.&nbsp;&nbsp; This would be an appropriate place to show off your grasshopper coins.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]313380[/ATTACH] </p><p>96 BC Banti 6/3, Poblicia 6, Crawford 335/3d, BMC 700[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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