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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 5207685, member: 110350&quot;]All great types. Thanks. I have the Sergius Silus and Sulpicius Galba. (I also have the other type of &quot;supplicant kneeling before a camel&quot; reverse, the Aulus Plautius with Cybele on the obverse and &quot;Bacchius Iudaeus&quot; as the supplicant.) Besides the M. Fonteius/galley, the other two I&#039;ve specifically wanted for a while are the M. Volteius with the snake biga, and the T. Didius with the gladiators on the reverse. The problem with the M. Volteius is that it seems that either or both of the snakes aren&#039;t visible on a substantial majority of the examples (sort of defeating the purpose of buying one!). Or, if the snakes are visible, the coin has other issues. See this example, currently the only one on VCoins: <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_volteius_denarius_78_bc_rome__silver_crawford_3853/952343/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_volteius_denarius_78_bc_rome__silver_crawford_3853/952343/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/numiscorner/239/product/coin_volteius_denarius_78_bc_rome__silver_crawford_3853/952343/Default.aspx</a>.&nbsp; And despite those problems, it&#039;s almost $300. Too much.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with the T. Didius is that -- presumably because &quot;gladiators&quot; -- decent examples are extremely expensive. I haven&#039;t seen one yet that I could reasonably afford.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good examples of the Fonteius I want are very expensive too these days. I&#039;d love to have this one, but, tempting as it may be, $1,300 is a bit steep! See <a href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/apollo_numismatics/12/product/mn_fonteius_ar_denarius__dioscurigalley/1398049/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/apollo_numismatics/12/product/mn_fonteius_ar_denarius__dioscurigalley/1398049/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/apollo_numismatics/12/product/mn_fonteius_ar_denarius__dioscurigalley/1398049/Default.aspx</a> .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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