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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2128646, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">Man, I love the looks of this sweet new coin!! (yummy, yummy!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Yup, this is an animal-coin winner!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">=&gt; Juno wearing a goat-skin on the obverse ... plus, a she-wolf and an eagle on the reverse!! (cha-chinnnggg!!)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">NOTE: it has been quite a while since I&#039;ve added to my RR (Roman Republic) collection ... but when I saw this great coin, I knew that it was time to man-up and add another RR to the ol&#039; stevex6 collection!! </span></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">L. PAPIUS CELSUS, AR DENARIUS </span></b></p><p>ROME 45 BC</p><p>Diameter: 18 mm</p><p>Weight: 4.06 grams</p><p>Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita right, wearing goat skin headdress tied at neck; all within border of dots</p><p>Reverse: She-wolf standing right, placing stick on fire; on right, eagle standing left, fanning the flames, CELSVS • III • VIR above, L • PAPIVS in exergue</p><p>Reference: Crawford 472/1; CRI 82; Sydenham 964</p><p>Other: Nice silver toning (better in hand) Very scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]404922[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]404921[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummmm, I guess this must be my May budget-coin?!! (eh-heh-heh)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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