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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mikey Zee, post: 2518967, member: 72818&quot;]Well, after toying with the idea of going after another coin or two before closing, I accepted my sole win as sufficient for today---especially since it went beyond my initial bid and climbed right up to my maximum as time ran out---higher than estimate but a price I&#039;m still happy to pay for a coin I wanted very badly. It&#039;s not nearly as spectacular as the OP but I&#039;m thrilled to have won it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has a lovely bust of Liberty, with the necklace and earrings clearly shown and the reverse of the Temple of Vesta is wonderful. Apparently, the &#039;squiggly&#039; lines are not &#039;pennants&#039; flying in the breeze but griffins and I still have not stumbled upon a clarification of the &#039;figure&#039; standing on the roof, although &#039;she&#039; appears to be holding a wreath and a scepter (Concordia?).</p><p><br /></p><p>I have attached a few photos of the Temple as it appears today and how it may have looked....It has been repaired and rebuilt numerous times over the centuries since it first was constructed.</p><p><br /></p><p>The moneyer is Q Cassius Longinus a &#039;Caesarian&#039; and a cousin of the more well-known tyrannicide/assassin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Denarius of Q Cassius Longinus, Rome mint--55 BC; 19 mm, 3.81 grams&#039;:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]536791[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]536792[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]536793[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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