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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 26665998, member: 77639&quot;]Great coin!&nbsp; Thanks for posting.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those not familiar with Roman Republican coins, here are some abbreviations that appear on the coin.&nbsp; SC = Senatus Consultum, which means the Senate approved the coin; R = Roma (Rome); PR = praetor.&nbsp;&nbsp; Praetor was normally the second highest elective office in the Republic, after consul.&nbsp; Originally there was one praetor, but the number rose to as high as 16 under Julius Caesar.&nbsp;&nbsp; However, it can be argued that once Caesar took over as dictator, the Republic no longer existed.&nbsp; Praetors often had a limited sphere of authority such as dealing with foreign rulers or seeing to maintenance of the city.&nbsp; The PR designation refers to the rank achieved by Quintus Antonius Balbus (Q.ANO.BAL&nbsp; on the coin), who would have been an ancestor of the moneyer (mint official) responsible for producing the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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