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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Meat man, post: 24901616, member: 135271&quot;]Quadrans, worth 1/64th of a denarius:</p><p style="text-align: center"><i><br /></i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>[ATTACH=full]1600321[/ATTACH] </i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>DOMITIAN, AD 81-96</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AE Quadrans (17.62mm, 2.58g, 6h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck AD 84/5. Rome mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: African rhinoceros, head down, charging left</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: IMP DOMIT AVG GERM around large S C</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: OCRE II 250, RCV 2835</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>A choice specimen, perfectly centered and well-struck from artistic dies. This type recalls a rhinoceros which fought in the Colosseum during Domitian&#039;s reign; these coins were likely distributed as largesse to the crowds in attendance on that occasion.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Quinarius, worth 1/2 of a denarius:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1600322[/ATTACH] </p><p style="text-align: center"><i>AUGUSTUS, 27 BC - AD 14</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>AR Quinarius (16.11mm, 1.76g, 4h)</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Struck 25-23 BC. Emerita Augusta mint</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Obverse: AVGVST, bare head of Augustus right</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Reverse: P CARISI LEG, Victory standing right, crowning trophy</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>References: RIC I 1a, RCV 1642</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>Attractive dark cabinet toning with a particularly fine portrait.</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>&quot;The colony of Emerita Augusta (modern Mérida) was founded in 25 BC by P. Carisius, governor of Lusitania, for veterans of legions V Alauda and X Gemina who had recently participated in Augustus&#039; campaigns in north-western Spain.&quot;</i></p> <p style="text-align: center"><i>- David R. Sear, Roman Coins and Their Values, Vol. I (p. 324.)</i></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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