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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancientcoinguru, post: 2389656, member: 75563&quot;]Very enjoyable thread [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER]!&nbsp; I like that we all have something different to contribute.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great coins everyone!&nbsp; Here is my galley -- no surprise, one from the Roman Republic.&nbsp; Also from the same gens as [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]&#039;s denarius, issued a few years earlier.&nbsp; I read somewhere (I forget where) that the reverse refers to the naval exploits of P. Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]490846[/ATTACH] </p><p>C. FONTEIUS ROMAN REPUBLIC; GENS FONTEIA</p><p>113/114 BC</p><p>AR denarius 3.82 grams - 20.25 mm</p><p>Obv: Beadless laur. Janiform head of Dioscuri, * (XVI monogram) below r. chin, control letter S below l chin, 6 dots below neck </p><p>Rev: Gallery left, with pilot and 3 rowers left, C FONT (NT in monogram) above, ROMA below</p><p>Reference: Crawford 290/1, Syd 555, SR167, RSC Fonteia 1</p><p>(vendor photo)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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