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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3866230, member: 98035"]Here's a recent cheapie pick up from a Savoca auction</p><p><br /></p><p>Commodus, Joint reign</p><p>AR Denarius</p><p>L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, Laureate draped bust right</p><p>TR P III IMP II COS PP, Salus seated left, holding out branch to <b>snake rising from altar</b></p><p>RIC 649</p><p><br /></p><p>But uh, where's the snake? Where's the altar?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022267[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I could find only one other example missing the snake and altar:</p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3815513" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3815513" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3815513</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps this is an example of "hiding in plain sight" - common denarii often get lumped together in lots and thus impossible to search for?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 3866230, member: 98035"]Here's a recent cheapie pick up from a Savoca auction Commodus, Joint reign AR Denarius L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, Laureate draped bust right TR P III IMP II COS PP, Salus seated left, holding out branch to [B]snake rising from altar[/B] RIC 649 [B][/B] But uh, where's the snake? Where's the altar? [ATTACH=full]1022267[/ATTACH] I could find only one other example missing the snake and altar: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3815513[/URL] Perhaps this is an example of "hiding in plain sight" - common denarii often get lumped together in lots and thus impossible to search for?[/QUOTE]
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