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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 4979515, member: 110350&quot;]This is pretty violent:</p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republic, Publius Fonteius P.f. Capito, AR Denarius 55 BCE [Harlan: 54 BCE], Rome mint. Obv. Helmeted and draped bust of Mars with slight beard, right, with trophy over far shoulder, P•FONTEIVS•P•F•CAPITO•III•VIR counter-clockwise around / Rev. Helmeted and caped Roman soldier on horseback galloping right, thrusting his spear down at helmeted Gallic warrior crouching beneath horse, holding his shield up with left hand to try to fend off horse, and thrusting sword with his right hand at unarmed captive to left; the captive’s Gallic helmet [<i>and shield, off flan</i>] sailing off to lower right; MN•FONT•TR•MIL clockwise above. Crawford 429/1, RSC I Fonteia 17, Sear RCV I 392 (ill.), Sydenham 900, Harlan RRM II Ch, 22 at pp. 174-175 [Harlan, Michael, <i>Roman Republican Moneyers and Their Coins 63 BCE-49 BCE </i>(2nd Revised Edition 2015)]. 17.8 mm., 3.97 g.&nbsp; (<i>Purchased from Zuzim Inc., Brooklyn, NY, Aug. 2020. Ex: Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 54, Feb. 28, 2019, Lot 558 [see </i><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5704785" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5704785" rel="nofollow"><i>https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5704785</i></a><i>]; Ex: Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 100, May 29, 2017, Lot 329 [see <a href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=131&amp;l=114088];" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=131&amp;l=114088];" rel="nofollow">https://www.biddr.com/auctions/nac/browse?a=131&amp;l=114088];</a> Ex: Gerhard Hirsch</i> Auction <i>168, Nov. 22-24, 1990, Munich, Lot 434. Formerly in NGC slab, Cert. No. 4629554-001, Graded Ch. AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface 4/5.</i>)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1196378[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Another Roman Republican denarius with an &quot;action&quot; scene on the reverse -- nobody just standing or sitting around![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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