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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 1783917, member: 44183&quot;]<font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Well, as you&#039;ve probably noticed =&gt; I&#039;m not the most scholarly Ancient coin collector ... but I do know my small, furry friends!!</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; I love collecting ancient coins with animals on &#039;em ... and some animals are fairly common (lions, eagles, horses, bulls, owls, etc) ... but some of our furry lil&#039; friends are a bit more rare ... </span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; and some are fricken super hard to find!! ... kinda like the common, household<b> &quot;RAT&quot;!!</b></span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, I just snagged my first rat-coin!! (and it is certainly tickin&#039; a whole lotta other cool boxes!!)</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>=&gt; animal coin (tick)</b> ... rats and even a couple of horses tossed-in for style points!!</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>=&gt; RR (tick)</b> ... Bing and I love the good ol&#039; Roman Republic silver coins!! (they&#039;re sweet)</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><b>=&gt; weapons (tick)</b> ... yup, nuthin&#039; like Herc and his mighty club, eh? (a classic!!)</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">ENJOY!!</span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #ff0000"><b>GENS QUINCTIA. Ti Quinctius AR Denarius</b></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">112-111 bC</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Diameter: 16.5 mm </span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Weight: 4.0 grams</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Obverse: Bust of Hercules left, wearing lion&#039;s skin headdress, club over shoulder</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Desultor, on horseback, left, a second horse beside, K behind, TI Q and <font size="5"><span style="color: #ff00ff"><b>rat below</b></span></font>. D dot S dot S, incuse on tablet, in exergue</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Reference: Crawford 297/1b. South of Italy mint</span></span></font></p><p><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="color: #000000">Other: VF+/EF SCARCE!</span></span></font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]286185[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]286186[/ATTACH] </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><font size="4"><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; Squeeeeeeaaakkkkkk!!!</span></font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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