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Message:: [QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3004494, member: 51347"]The information given in this book, even at the under $40 I paid, is a steal! It helped me rethink the attribution of my Roman Republic PRE-Denarii reform coins as the ORIGINAL Denarius and Quinarius in the Third Century BCE: The Denarius was tariffed at 10 Asses.  Denarius has always been the Roman name of a coin for 10 units... Quinarius = 5 Asses and half the Denarius.  (Everyone around them being Greeks to the south, called them Didrachmae/Drachmae). The Reform of the Denarius as everyone knows them AFTER 211 BCE was a downsize to roughly half of the ORIGINAL Denarius / Quinarius. [ATTACH=full]744032[/ATTACH]Roman RepublicAnonymous, 310-300 BCE HEAVY DENARIUS - Didrachm (Silver, 20mm, 7.28 g 11)Uncertain mint (Neapolis?)OBV: Helmeted head of bearded Mars to left; oak spray to rightREV: Horse’s head right, wearing bridle, on base inscribed ROMANO; to left, stalk of grain.REF: Sear 22; Crawford 13/1; HN III 266. Sydenham 1COMMENTS: Minor reverse corrosion.From a Swiss collection, formed in the 1990s [ATTACH=full]744037[/ATTACH]Roman RRepublicAnon Ca 240 BCEAR Heavy Quinarius - Drachm 16mm 3.0gRome mintHelmet Hd Mars rHorse’s hd sickleCraw 25-2 Syd 25 RSC 34a Rare[/QUOTE]