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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1916477, member: 19463&quot;]My coin show Friday turned up two Republican denarii that really appealed to me.&nbsp; One I bought; the other was left for someone else.&nbsp; I left a really perfect EF fine style Roma/chariot coin with a moneyer I do not have.&nbsp; I bought a coin that could be better in terms of condition but had designs best described as NOT the standard Roma/chariot.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]328752[/ATTACH] </p><p>L. Caesius used a left facing bust of Veijovis hurling a thunderbolt.&nbsp; Behind his head is a monogram that has been interpreted in two different ways by different scholars.&nbsp; Unfortunately my specimen is a bit crowded at that side so you might want to look up a perfect example before deciding which theory you prefer.&nbsp; At the top is a P.&nbsp; Below is an A of the style where the crossbar is v shaped rather than straight.&nbsp; Some say this is AP for Argentum Publicum (Public Silver) denoting the metal for the issue was from the state treasury rather than provided by the moneyer.&nbsp; We have no records that state whether or not this issue was from public silver.&nbsp; The same monogram can be read as ROMA with every line of the monogram being part of at least two letters.&nbsp; I prefer the Roma theory.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse shows two men in an odd semi-seated posture with a dog between them.&nbsp; They are identified as Lares (household gods) by ligate letters on either side: LA at the left and retrograde RE at the right.&nbsp; The standard reading for the right side is PRE making the whole Lares Praestites or Lares that guard the city.&nbsp; I am unclear how the monogram here is better read that way than simple completing the word Lares.&nbsp; In either case we see guardian gods and a guard dog.&nbsp; Most simple is the exergue LCAESI naming the moneyer of 112-111 BC.&nbsp; My example has a terrible rendition of the bust of Vulcan at reverse top with faint tongs behind him.&nbsp; This coin sure looked a lot better at the show before I started comparing it to others shown online and in books.&nbsp; At the show I saw the different obverse and reverse figures; at home I became more aware of the weak minor details which add interest to the type.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>TIF posted a better example of this coin a while back:</p><p><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-l-caesius-roman-republic-some-questions.236766/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-l-caesius-roman-republic-some-questions.236766/">http://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-l-caesius-roman-republic-some-questions.236766/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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