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Message:: [QUOTE="kevin McGonigal, post: 5317988, member: 72790"]Yes, my family is very accommodating and this year my dear wife kindly bought me these three coins which I wanted for several reasons. The Spanish (Oscan) denarius was issued from the city that Sertorius set up his "capital" and I am reading a book about him now. Another enigmatic figure of a time when just about every character of Rome was enigmatic. The coin, at 4.17 grams is often referred to as a denarius or a drachma. The second coin I wanted was this denarius because it is one of only two issues with a "triga" a three horse chariot and a rare silver issue issue with the S(enatus) C(onsulto), usually found on Imperial brass, not Republican silver. Lastly is a siliqua of Constantius II in pretty nice condition but what is even nicer is its weight of 3.39 grams making it a scarce "heavy" siliqua. Most of his siliquae are light in the 2.3 and under category. All three will have a prominent place in my collection. By the way my daughters also give me coins for gifts and I make it a point to always place in their flips that a coin was a X-mas or birthday gift from one of them[ATTACH=full]1224696[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1224697[/ATTACH] so I don't accidentally trade or sell it. I figure someday when they go through these coins it will bring back some fond memories for them that they bought this part of my collection.[/QUOTE]