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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 3224619, member: 74282&quot;]Around a year ago I posted <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/newp-a-published-eraviscan-denarius.303884/#post-2870100" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/newp-a-published-eraviscan-denarius.303884/#post-2870100">my first Eraviscan denarius</a>, part of the hoard published by Rob Freeman in Essays Hersh. Around that same time I noticed that [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER] had another from that same hoard on eBay and I quickly shot him an offer but, being the cheapskate I am, we couldn&#039;t come to an agreement on price. I recently decided to give it another shot and last week we finally came to an agreement and the coin arrived today, only 7 days later. Not bad for international shipping!</p><p><br /></p><p>This denarius imitates the types of <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5281686" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5281686" rel="nofollow">Cn. Cornelius Lentulus</a> minted as part of the Sertorian War effort circa 76-75 B.C.. The rudder has swapped sides and is engraved to the left of the globe, the wreathed sceptre has transformed and become more akin an ancient depiction of a lightning bolt, the reverse legend has been replaced with the tribe&#039;s name and most of the &quot;EX SC&quot; has been lost, though the &quot;X&quot; remains to the right of the lightning bolt. Even so, the basic design is easily recognizable. I personally particularly like this type and the others that use similar reverse dies because while multiple groups in Eastern Europe made silver imitations of Roman Republic denarii, the Eravisci were the only one to sign them so I was very happy to be able to add one of these inscribed types.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]840277[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imitations of Roman Republic coinage, Eravisci, AR Denarius(3.15g, 1h), circa 50-20 B.C., mint in modern-day Hungary. Imitating types of Cn Cornelius Lentulus. Bearded head right / Globe flanked by rudder on left and thunderbolt on right. Below, RAVIƧ. Freeman 4(this coin), dies 2/C; Davis Class B, Group II Pannonian, Eraviscan; cf. Crawford 393/1 for prototype</p><p>Privately purchased from [USER=72712]@arnoldoe[/USER], 10/23/2018, ex RBW collection, from a hoard partially published in 1998 in &quot;A group of Eraviscan denarii&quot; by Robert Freeman in &quot;Coins of Macedonia and Rome: Essays in Honour of Charles Hersh&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>For more info about the Eravisci or this hoard please check the post linked in the first paragraph and as always, feel free to post anything relevant![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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