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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2263698, member: 44316&quot;]For the first 40 years of denarii (denarii began c. 211 B.C.) the Dioscuri-riding-right reverse is by far the most common reverse. The type occurs even down to 121 BC as TIF&#039;s piece shows, although it is no longer dominant in the second half of the second century. During those first 90 years most of those Dioscuri pieces differ only in letters on the reverse which indicate the moneyer. However, the very first denarii did not even do that--they are &quot;anonymous&quot;, like this one:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]449609[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]449610[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 44/5 &quot;from 211 B.C.&quot; (meaning sometime after that, for an indeterminate length of time). Sear 38.</p><p>19 mm. 3.76 grams. Hersch NC 1977 says this has Helmet Type A2, one of the very earliest types.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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