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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2255183, member: 75525&quot;]GH, nice coin. I would like to have one that nice in my collection. I think the most important feature of this coin is the name CAESAR on the reverse.</p><p>This coin is a good example where the die count in Crawford (390 obv &amp; 433 rev dies) is not a good indication of price in the market. That die count should indicate a fairly common coin. I see them often and they always have a price tag that makes me say not today. </p><p>I bought a coin that was a bit off center on the obverse, but I wanted the reverse for a coin club talk on identifying characters on Roman Republican coins. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446800[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]446801[/ATTACH] </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Roman Republican AR denarius, 76 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>C. Egnatius Cn.f. Cn.n. Maximus</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv - bare-headed and winged bust of cupid; bow and quiver of arrows over shoulder; behind – MAXSVMVS (archaic for MAXIMVS)</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev - Jupiter with staff and Libertas with outstreached hands in distyle temple; above Jupiter thunderbolt; above Libertas - pileus; in ex and around - C.EGNATIVS.CN.F.C.NN</p><p><br /></p><p>19.7 mm, 3.90 g, 6 h</p><p><br /></p><p>Crawford 391/2</p><p><br /></p><p>Sydenham 788</p><p><br /></p><p>RSC / Bab Egnatia 3</p><p><br /></p><p>aVF, off center (grade on coin from dealer)</p><p><br /></p><p>The Egnatio gens was of Samnite origin and moved to Rome after the Social War.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cicero mentions a Cn. Engatius of somewhat disreputable character who was admitted to the Senate and was subsequently expelled.</p><p><br /></p><p>you can see how I graded this one here:</p><p><a href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://rrdenarius.blogspot.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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