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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8338355, member: 110350"]Roman Republic, C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, AR Denarius 125 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing <b>winged Phrygian helmet with crest in form of head and beak of eagle (i.e, griffin)</b>; behind, ROMA downwards; before, mark of value * (= XVI) [off flan] / Rev. Jupiter, crowned with wreath by flying Victory above, in biga of elephants left, holding thunderbolt in left hand and reins in right hand; in exergue, C•METELLVS (ME ligate). 17 mm., 3.90 g. Crawford 269/1, BMCRR I 1180-1182 (& Vol. III Pl. xxx 8), RSC I Caecilia 14, Sear RCV I 145. <i>Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction 253, 13 April 2022, Lot 1247; ex. Spink Numismatic Circular Dec. 1985, No. 8404 at p. 334. </i>[Footnote omitted.]</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2022-4-25_16-52-38-jpeg.1472320/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next, Republican elephant(s). By which I mean Roman Republican, not the other kind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8338355, member: 110350"]Roman Republic, C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, AR Denarius 125 BCE. Obv. Head of Roma right wearing [B]winged Phrygian helmet with crest in form of head and beak of eagle (i.e, griffin)[/B]; behind, ROMA downwards; before, mark of value * (= XVI) [off flan] / Rev. Jupiter, crowned with wreath by flying Victory above, in biga of elephants left, holding thunderbolt in left hand and reins in right hand; in exergue, C•METELLVS (ME ligate). 17 mm., 3.90 g. Crawford 269/1, BMCRR I 1180-1182 (& Vol. III Pl. xxx 8), RSC I Caecilia 14, Sear RCV I 145. [I]Purchased from Dix Noonan Webb Auction 253, 13 April 2022, Lot 1247; ex. Spink Numismatic Circular Dec. 1985, No. 8404 at p. 334. [/I][Footnote omitted.] [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/upload_2022-4-25_16-52-38-jpeg.1472320/[/IMG] Next, Republican elephant(s). By which I mean Roman Republican, not the other kind.[/QUOTE]
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