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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 3982408, member: 99456&quot;]An interesting flan on your first coin, and quite a misstrike on the second!&nbsp; Here is a coin with obverse of the twin brother of Artemis, son of Zeus and Leto, the most beautiful god, and the ideal of κούρος: <b>Apollo</b>.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048446[/ATTACH]</p><p>Imperatorial Rome, <b>P. Clodius M.f. Turrinus</b>, 42 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Laureate head of Apollo right; lyre to left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Diana Lucifera standing right, bow and quiver over her shoulder, holding torch with each hand</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 494/23; Claudia 15</p><p><br /></p><p>and a misstrike - a good 30% off-flan on both sides</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1048448[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>C. Censorinus</b>, 88 BC, AR Denarius, Rome mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Jugate, diademed heads right of Numa Pompilius (legendary 2nd king, successor to Romulus) and Ancus Marcius (legendary 4th king of Rome) </p><p><b>Rev: </b>Two horses galloping right; a desultor (an individual skilled at leaping from one horse to another) riding the nearest one, wearing conical hat and holding whip; control mark XX below</p><p><b>Ref:</b> Crawford 346/1b (no control mark on obverse, control numeral on reverse)</p><p><b>Note: </b>the moneyer claiming descent from 2 kings of Rome, and alluding the the Ludi Apollinares that his ancestor helped to found (for more see <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0147%3Abook%3D25%3Achapter%3D12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0147%3Abook%3D25%3Achapter%3D12" rel="nofollow">Livy</a>, and <a href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Macrobius/Saturnalia/1*.html#p152" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Macrobius/Saturnalia/1*.html#p152" rel="nofollow">Macrobius</a>).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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