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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fugio1, post: 8377601, member: 89970&quot;]Attributions of early anonymous Roman Republican issues are frequently wrong, even by very reputable dealers as suggested by Mr.MonkeySwag96 and his Cr. 70/1.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This can be a big benefit for a specialist in the early denarii of the Roman Republic like me who put value on rare varieties.&nbsp; Here are a couple of examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486723[/ATTACH]</p><p>Crawford 46/1 offered by a reputable Spanish auction house as the very common Cr. 44/5.&nbsp; On the top of my want list for several years, I got this for a song.&nbsp; There are about 40 known specimens including those in museums, but for evidence of this you&#039;ll need to search beyond ACSearch &quot;Crawford 46/1&quot; as only 3 correctly attributed examples will be found.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486726[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roma Numismatics Esale 44 lot 501 as Crawford 53/2.</p><p>Excessively rare variety not cited in Crawford.&nbsp; 3 known specimens.&nbsp; Undoubtedly of Sicilian style represented by Cr. 72 - 78.&nbsp; Unlike any other fully anonymous types with peaked visor. but closest in style to the rare Cr. 77/1 crooked staff and corn ear variation shown below suggesting that this is the un-marked version of that issue (the coin below is not mine):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1486728[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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