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<p>[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2518488, member: 76111"]This type typically comes serrated, but this one is not. I know of 2 other examples...I'm sure there are more, but it is certainly "inconsistent" for the type.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]536646[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Q. Antonius Balbus. 83-82 BC. AR Denarius (19.3mm, 4.15 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right; S • C to left, M • below chin / Victory driving galloping quadriga right, holding wreath, palm frond, and reins; [Q] (ANT) O • BA(LB)/ P R in two lines in exergue. Crawford 364/1c var. (serrate); Sydenham 742a var. (same); Kestner 3156-9 var. (same); BMCRR Rome 2742 var. (serrate, placement of dot); Antonia 1b var. (serrate); cf. RBW 1373-4; CNR Antonia 3/14 var. (serrate, placement of dot). For another unserrated example of a related issue, cf. CNR Antonia 4/2. British Museum also has an example but this one is superior.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Carthago, post: 2518488, member: 76111"]This type typically comes serrated, but this one is not. I know of 2 other examples...I'm sure there are more, but it is certainly "inconsistent" for the type. [ATTACH=full]536646[/ATTACH] Q. Antonius Balbus. 83-82 BC. AR Denarius (19.3mm, 4.15 g, 5h). Rome mint. Laureate head of Jupiter right; S • C to left, M • below chin / Victory driving galloping quadriga right, holding wreath, palm frond, and reins; [Q] (ANT) O • BA(LB)/ P R in two lines in exergue. Crawford 364/1c var. (serrate); Sydenham 742a var. (same); Kestner 3156-9 var. (same); BMCRR Rome 2742 var. (serrate, placement of dot); Antonia 1b var. (serrate); cf. RBW 1373-4; CNR Antonia 3/14 var. (serrate, placement of dot). For another unserrated example of a related issue, cf. CNR Antonia 4/2. British Museum also has an example but this one is superior.[/QUOTE]
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