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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rrdenarius, post: 2456723, member: 75525&quot;][ATTACH=full]514153[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]514154[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Roman Republican Denarius </p><p>Mint, Rome; Ag, Serrate</p><p>Issued by, LONGIN = Lucius Cassius Longinus, The moneyer was procos in 48 BC </p><p>Mint Date 63 BC, Harlin proposes 60 BC in RR Moneyers &amp; Their Coins</p><p>Obverse - Head of Vesta L, wearing diadem &amp; veil, behind dish, before L. border dots </p><p>Reverse - Voter dropping tablet marked V (TI ROGAS) into cista, on R - LONGIN.III.V, border dots</p><p>Cr - 413/1; dies&nbsp; obv 94 / rev 104</p><p>BMCRR – 3931; 3929 - 3936 </p><p>Sear - 364</p><p>RSC - Cassia 10</p><p>Syd, CRR - 935</p><p>NMWar - 1129 - 1130</p><p>NMCr - 287 - 289</p><p>Weight 3.6664 – my coin</p><p>Weight - avg&nbsp; 3.87 of 33 examples found in books and on internet</p><p>Weight - max&nbsp; 4.04 </p><p>Weight - min&nbsp; 3.66&nbsp; NMWar had one coin at 3.27 g, over 3 sigma from average </p><p>Weight – st dev&nbsp; 0.13 </p><p>Diameter – max=18.5; min=17.8 my coin is slightly oval</p><p>Diameter - max&nbsp;&nbsp; 20.3 </p><p>Diameter - min 18.8 </p><p>Diameter - avg 19.4964 </p><p>Diameter – st dev - 0.6486 </p><p>Orientation - 5:00 </p><p>Purchased from&nbsp; Edward J. Waddell, Ltd </p><p>Purchase date&nbsp; 10/30/2007 </p><p>Grade&nbsp; aXF&nbsp; 0.062146893&nbsp; 0.057142857</p><p>Centering&nbsp; Obv &amp; Rev are well centered, 6% off to 2:00 on obv &amp; 4:00 rev. All features are on coin. Border dots cover 50% of obv &amp; rev. </p><p>Strike&nbsp; Well struck from good dies obv &amp; rev. High relief. </p><p>Flan flaws, none</p><p>Style, good, obverse has high releif</p><p>Patination, light toning. </p><p>Damage, none </p><p>Note: the control letters on the obv spell out the moneyer&#039;s praenomen and nomen: L CASSI (one S reversed)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>PS - this pic is the first with my new Nikon 900 camera, hand held.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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