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<p>[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3054843, member: 75525"]Interesting coin sleuthing! I have a couple of coins from Pegasi. Both were purchased at a coin show and previously offered in an auction catalog.</p><p>My pics:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]765166[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]765167[/ATTACH] </p><p>The red dots on the cards indicate the coins were offered in a sale or auction.</p><p>I would like to say the Memmi (left) coin looks better in hand, but that is not true. Someone cleaned the coin and did a job on the surfaces.</p><p>The catalog pic.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]765168[/ATTACH] </p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>C. MEMMI.C.F, 57 BC. AR Denarius.</p><p>Obv - Bust of Ceres</p><p>Rev - Captive kneeling before trophy</p><p>3.43 gm</p><p>Memmia.10.</p><p>Cr.427/1.</p><p>Toned VF+, well centered, good strike, surface irregularities (pictures look worse than coin), scarce</p><p>Lot 421 of Pegasi Mail Bid Sale XXXVII, unsold[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rrdenarius, post: 3054843, member: 75525"]Interesting coin sleuthing! I have a couple of coins from Pegasi. Both were purchased at a coin show and previously offered in an auction catalog. My pics: [ATTACH=full]765166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]765167[/ATTACH] The red dots on the cards indicate the coins were offered in a sale or auction. I would like to say the Memmi (left) coin looks better in hand, but that is not true. Someone cleaned the coin and did a job on the surfaces. The catalog pic. [ATTACH=full]765168[/ATTACH] Roman Republic C. MEMMI.C.F, 57 BC. AR Denarius. Obv - Bust of Ceres Rev - Captive kneeling before trophy 3.43 gm Memmia.10. Cr.427/1. Toned VF+, well centered, good strike, surface irregularities (pictures look worse than coin), scarce Lot 421 of Pegasi Mail Bid Sale XXXVII, unsold[/QUOTE]
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