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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2632099, member: 75525"]I tell myself that I do not need one of each of the anonymous RR denarii, but I could not pass on this one at it's minimum bid. It was a bit like the ugly duckling and needed some love. The seller's pics - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]579312[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republican Denarius, Rome, 211-206 B.C.</p><p>Obv - Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of griffin; X behind.</p><p>Rev - The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding a spear, in linear frame ROMA</p><p>20.1 mm, 2.98 g, 11 h</p><p>The coin was listed as VF, flan chip. That is about right for me. There is not much wear, but a lot of the coin is missing. What looks good to me are the details on the horses. I think the irregular flan is interesting. I do not want all of my coins to be irregular, but one or two are interesting.</p><p>Cr 164/1a</p><p>BMCRR Italy 281</p><p>Syd 229</p><p>Ex RBW collection (not in previous sales)</p><p>It looks like Steve Brinkman's web site agrees, your thoughts? <a href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#intro" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#intro" rel="nofollow">http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#intro</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Post your anonymous denarii. Crawford has 22 (I think) types & Brinkman adds 2 more. How many do CT folks have?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 2632099, member: 75525"]I tell myself that I do not need one of each of the anonymous RR denarii, but I could not pass on this one at it's minimum bid. It was a bit like the ugly duckling and needed some love. The seller's pics - [ATTACH=full]579312[/ATTACH] Roman Republican Denarius, Rome, 211-206 B.C. Obv - Head of Roma right, wearing winged helmet decorated with head of griffin; X behind. Rev - The Dioscuri on horseback riding right, each holding a spear, in linear frame ROMA 20.1 mm, 2.98 g, 11 h The coin was listed as VF, flan chip. That is about right for me. There is not much wear, but a lot of the coin is missing. What looks good to me are the details on the horses. I think the irregular flan is interesting. I do not want all of my coins to be irregular, but one or two are interesting. Cr 164/1a BMCRR Italy 281 Syd 229 Ex RBW collection (not in previous sales) It looks like Steve Brinkman's web site agrees, your thoughts? [url]http://stevebrinkman.ancients.info/anonymous/index.html#intro[/url] Post your anonymous denarii. Crawford has 22 (I think) types & Brinkman adds 2 more. How many do CT folks have?[/QUOTE]
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