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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 8200078, member: 99456&quot;]That&#039;s a great looking coin, [USER=82616]@David Atherton[/USER].&nbsp; I find this denarius exceptional for the engravers skill and style.&nbsp; More on this coin in my notes (<a href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/frvgi-father-son" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sullacoins.com/post/frvgi-father-son" rel="nofollow">FRVGI Father and Son</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1436822[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>C. Calpurnius L.f. Frugi</b>, 61 BC, Denarius, Rome</p><p><b>Obv: </b>Laureate head of Apollo to right; behind, standing eagle behind</p><p><b>Rev:</b> C PISO L F FRVGI Horseman galloping right, winged, not wearing a hat, carrying nothing, with scorpion behind</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Babelon (Calpurnia) 24. Crawford 408/1b. RBW, 319 in Hersh&#039;s 1976 catalogue of die combinations which is Obverse die 4 with Reverse die 1000 from Hersh C. (1976). <a href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664788" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jstor.org/stable/42664788" rel="nofollow"><u>A Study of the Coinage of the Moneyer C. Calpurnius Piso L. F. Frugi</u></a>. <i>The Numismatic Chronicle (1966-),16 (136)</i>, 7-63.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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