I like Lindsey Davis and the Falco novels. Didius Falco is an informer working for the emperor and is usually dragged into various adventures. They are a good light read. I put the author's name into amazon to find a book to read. To my amazement, there is a new one with one of my favourite coins on the cover. I think @stevex6 might have one of these.
Yes, that is the one. The reverse makes for a brilliant jigsaw! I don't know why this coin gets to me. Perhaps it is the depiction of Romans doing what they did in real life.
Budget example. P. Licinia Nerva (113-112 B.C.) AR Denarius O: Helmeted bust of Roma left, holding shield and spear over shoulder; crescent above, mark of value to left. R: Three citizens voting on comitium: one voter receives ballot from attendant below, another voter places ballot in cista; [P] on tablet above bar. Rome Mint 17mm 3.3g Crawford 292/1, Sydenham 548; Licinia 7
That's a cool coin and a recent example just slipped through my fingers again!! Thanks for the book referral @Pishpash...I always enjoy some light reading at bedtime...and I'm still finishing two others I borrowed from my local library....
I don't have the coin or the book. I put them on my wish list. I have one voting coin, but have not been willing to bid high enough to obtain this one to have a second.
Speaking of books, I just read Cataclysm 90 BC about the Social Wars between Rome and its Italian neighbors. I really enjoyed it. Not too scholarly but still informative, which is my speed.
Roman Republican Denarius Mint, Rome; Ag, Serrate Issued by, LONGIN = Lucius Cassius Longinus, The moneyer was procos in 48 BC Mint Date 63 BC, Harlin proposes 60 BC in RR Moneyers & Their Coins Obverse - Head of Vesta L, wearing diadem & veil, behind dish, before L. border dots Reverse - Voter dropping tablet marked V (TI ROGAS) into cista, on R - LONGIN.III.V, border dots Cr - 413/1; dies obv 94 / rev 104 BMCRR – 3931; 3929 - 3936 Sear - 364 RSC - Cassia 10 Syd, CRR - 935 NMWar - 1129 - 1130 NMCr - 287 - 289 Weight 3.6664 – my coin Weight - avg 3.87 of 33 examples found in books and on internet Weight - max 4.04 Weight - min 3.66 NMWar had one coin at 3.27 g, over 3 sigma from average Weight – st dev 0.13 Diameter – max=18.5; min=17.8 my coin is slightly oval Diameter - max 20.3 Diameter - min 18.8 Diameter - avg 19.4964 Diameter – st dev - 0.6486 Orientation - 5:00 Purchased from Edward J. Waddell, Ltd Purchase date 10/30/2007 Grade aXF 0.062146893 0.057142857 Centering Obv & Rev are well centered, 6% off to 2:00 on obv & 4:00 rev. All features are on coin. Border dots cover 50% of obv & rev. Strike Well struck from good dies obv & rev. High relief. Flan flaws, none Style, good, obverse has high releif Patination, light toning. Damage, none Note: the control letters on the obv spell out the moneyer's praenomen and nomen: L CASSI (one S reversed) PS - this pic is the first with my new Nikon 900 camera, hand held.
RR - you take attribution and documenting to a new level my man. Nice coin, especially good reverse. But the coin notes...
