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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8168795, member: 110350&quot;]Roman Republic, P. Nerva, AR Denarius, Rome Mint, 113-112 BCE. Obv: Bust of Roma left wearing crested helmet with feather or aigrette (instead of wing) and single-drop earring, holding shield (ornamented with image of horseman galloping) against left shoulder with left hand, and spear over right shoulder with right hand, crescent moon above, star (*) [= monogrammed XVI; mark of value] before; behind, ROMA upwards / Rev. Voting scene inside <i>Comitium</i> in Forum: one togate voter to left of <i>pons</i> [bridge/walkway to place for depositing ballot tablet] receives ballot from attendant below; another togate voter to right of <i>pons </i>drops ballot in cista (voting basket); two lines behind voting scene and bar near top of reverse (described as “screen” by Sear) mark off voting area (denoting the barrier dividing a given tribe’s enclosure [saepta] from those allotted to different tribes), with bar or screen surmounted by marker/<i>tabella</i> inscribed with the initial “P” (possibly representing a particular voting tribe); P • NERVA [NE ligate] across field beneath bar (or beneath top of screen <i>per</i> Sear). Crawford 292/1; BMCRR II Italy 526 (at p. 274); RSC I [Babelon] Licinia 7 (ill.); Sear RCV I 169 (ill.); Sydenham 548; Yarrow 4.40 at p. 195 (ill.) [Liv Mariah Yarrow, <i>The Roman Republic to 49 BCE: Using Coins as Sources</i> (2021)]. 17.21 mm., 3.87 g., 7 h. David R. Sear Certificate of Authenticity, May 2, 2013, No. 811CY/RR/A/CR (issued to Steve Peterson, noting “flan flaw on edge of reverse not affecting the type”).* <i>Purchased at JAZ Numismatics Auction # 186, Lot 4, June 2021; ex. J.B. DePew Collection; ex. Steve Peterson Collection; ex. CNG Auction 295, Jan. 30, 2013, Lot 361; ex. Bruce R. Brace Collection.**</i></p><p><br /></p><p><i><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/p-nerva-roma-voting-scene-cng-image-jpg.1404791/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/sear-certificate-p-nerva-denarius-roma-voting-scene-jpg.1413912/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[Footnotes omitted]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next: another ancient coin with a David Sear certificate of authenticity.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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