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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1261313, member: 4580&quot;]I&#039;ve had this coin which I purchased from Svessien in Norway,</p><p>not a dealer but a friend with much more experience in ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to have as exact an attribution as possible.&nbsp; Thanks in advance for any helpful imformation.</p><p><br /></p><p>I notice a couple of oddities about the coin and want some opinions so I can learn more </p><p>and then update the attribution more completely on sites where I have posted this coin in the past.</p><p>In addition, the coin is posted in Best of the Type an ancient coin forvm since I could find no similar example.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>What I know... </b> </p><p><br /></p><p>• <u>Cn Domitius, 116-115 B.C. Ancient Roman Republic, silver denarius.</u></p><p>Max radius: 19mm</p><p>Weight:&nbsp; 3.83 grams </p><p><br /></p><p>• I have not yet found an example exactly like this obverse design (including the S mentioned below).</p><p><br /></p><p><b>What I suspect and wonder about...&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>•&nbsp; I believe this example was struck on an undersized flan,</p><p>since it seems impossible the entire design would fit on this planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>•&nbsp; Though it is perhaps supposed to be a stylized lock of hair, </p><p>I think the S on Roma&#039;s face could be a counter mark made in the die.&nbsp; What&#039;s your opinion???</p><p><br /></p><p>•&nbsp; I wonder about darkened, toned areas and quality of surface and strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>• A different coin, with the closest attribution I have found seems to be...</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Silver denarius, SRCV I 161, Crawford 285/1, Sydenham 535, RSC I Domitia 7, 116-115 B.C.; obverse helmeted head of Roma right, </i></p><p><i>X (XVI in monogram) behind, ROMA before; reverse Jupiter in a slow quadriga right holding branch and thunderbolt, CN DOMI in exergue.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><u>Obverse:</u> helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA before.</p><p><u>Reverse:</u> Jupiter in a slow quadriga right holding branch and thunderbolt, CN DOMI in exergue.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/Picture4-36.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g254/Larrymo123/After 12-6-10/Picture7-17.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another, similar example, but without the S on Roma&#039;s face.&nbsp; I&#039;ll want to mention the S in my description.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0161.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0161.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/sear5/s0161.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you can provide links to other varieties of this design with slow quadriga on reverse, I&#039;d appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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