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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2956204, member: 56859"]D'OH! I have a Republican centaur biga too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. How embarrassing that I forgot!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottacentaurs-cr229-1b-rt-jpg.505480/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>139 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can't find my scale right at the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border</p><p>Ref: Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, "VF"</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>This was a good deal and I think it was overlooked by other coin amassers because it was slabbed and the letters on the slab weren't "AU" or "MS" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2956204, member: 56859"]D'OH! I have a Republican centaur biga too :oops:. How embarrassing that I forgot! [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottacentaurs-cr229-1b-rt-jpg.505480/[/IMG] [B]ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta[/B] 139 BCE AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can't find my scale right at the moment :D) Obv: helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border Rev: Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border Ref: Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16 [I]formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, "VF" [/I] This was a good deal and I think it was overlooked by other coin amassers because it was slabbed and the letters on the slab weren't "AU" or "MS" ;)[/QUOTE]
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