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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7607006, member: 110350"]Hey, he's only 79; it's not like he's old or anything! According to his bio, he first went to work for Seaby as an apprentice when he was only 16.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have one coin that came with one of his certificates:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, L. Thorius Balbus, AR Denarius, 105 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita R., “ISMR” [<i>Iunonis Sospitae Magnae Reginae*</i>] / Rev. Bull Charging Right, A above, “L. THORIUS BALBUS.” RSC I Thoria 1, Crawford 316/1, Sear RCV I 192, BMCRR Rome 1615. 20.11 mm., 3.85 g. <i>David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity, 11/16/2012, No. 690CY/RR/CO/C.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1309701[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>*See, e..g., <a href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DB%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dbalbus-bio-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DB%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dbalbus-bio-11" rel="nofollow">https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:alphabetic+letter=B:entry+group=2:entry=balbus-bio-11</a> (William Smith. <i>A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mytholog</i>y, entry for Balbus: "The annexed coin of L. Thorius Balbus contains on the obverse the head of Juno Sospita, whose worship was of great antiquity at Lanuvium, with the letters I. S. M. R. (that is, <i>Junonis Sospitae magnae reginae</i>)." See also the dictionary of Latin inscriptions at <a href="https://www.trismegistos.org/abb/abbreflist.php?combin_id=66298" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.trismegistos.org/abb/abbreflist.php?combin_id=66298" rel="nofollow">https://www.trismegistos.org/abb/abbreflist.php?combin_id=66298</a> (same meaning given).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1309702[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the fact that he lives in California now makes it a lot easier for those of us who live in the USA to use his services than it would be if he still lived in the UK.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7607006, member: 110350"]Hey, he's only 79; it's not like he's old or anything! According to his bio, he first went to work for Seaby as an apprentice when he was only 16. I have one coin that came with one of his certificates: Roman Republic, L. Thorius Balbus, AR Denarius, 105 BCE. Obv. Head of Juno Sospita R., “ISMR” [[I]Iunonis Sospitae Magnae Reginae*[/I]] / Rev. Bull Charging Right, A above, “L. THORIUS BALBUS.” RSC I Thoria 1, Crawford 316/1, Sear RCV I 192, BMCRR Rome 1615. 20.11 mm., 3.85 g. [I]David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity, 11/16/2012, No. 690CY/RR/CO/C.[/I] [ATTACH=full]1309701[/ATTACH] *See, e..g., [URL]https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DB%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dbalbus-bio-11[/URL] (William Smith. [I]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mytholog[/I]y, entry for Balbus: "The annexed coin of L. Thorius Balbus contains on the obverse the head of Juno Sospita, whose worship was of great antiquity at Lanuvium, with the letters I. S. M. R. (that is, [I]Junonis Sospitae magnae reginae[/I])." See also the dictionary of Latin inscriptions at [URL]https://www.trismegistos.org/abb/abbreflist.php?combin_id=66298[/URL] (same meaning given). [ATTACH=full]1309702[/ATTACH] I guess the fact that he lives in California now makes it a lot easier for those of us who live in the USA to use his services than it would be if he still lived in the UK.[/QUOTE]
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