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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2015035, member: 56859&quot;]I have a nice Republican not shown before.&nbsp; I&#039;m not satisfied with the pictures.&nbsp; I&#039;ve taken a hundred or more and the coin looks very different in various lighting situations.&nbsp; This shot is a bit strange because I lit the obverse from slightly below-- purposefully, to give Medusa a more hag-like look.&nbsp; I&#039;ll probably take another hundred shots before calling it done. (Note to photographers:&nbsp; <b>never</b> photograph a woman with lighting from below or from directly&nbsp; above.&nbsp; She will hate you for it <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve wanted this type since first seeing one.&nbsp; It was difficult to find an example with good strike and centering yet still reasonably priced.&nbsp; Thanks to the banker&#039;s marks, which fortunately aren&#039;t too distracting, the price tag on this one was reasonable.&nbsp; I purchased it from Jonathan Kern at the 2014 ANA World&#039;s Fair of Money.&nbsp; After sitting on the coin for eight or so years he sent it to NGC.&nbsp; He was opening a box of newly-slabbed coins while I was at his booth.&nbsp; This coin may have set a record for shortest time in a slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]363588[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Roman Republic, moneyer L. Plautius Plancus </b></p><p><b>47 BCE</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 3.79 gm</p><p>Obv: L. PLAVTIVS; facing mask of Medusa, serpents at either side of face</p><p>Rev: PLANCV; Aurora flying right and conducting the four horses of the sun. Banker&#039;s mark in left field.</p><p>Ref: Plautia 15b Sear 429, Cr453/1b; Syd 959a.</p><p><i>ex Jonathan K Kern Collection; formerly slabbed by NGC, XF, strike 5/5, surfaces 3/5, cert # 2400920-14</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>While doing some research I noticed that several sources call the reverse deity <strike>Nike</strike> Victory rather than Aurora.&nbsp; Thoughts on that, anyone?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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