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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jay GT4, post: 3287441, member: 88526&quot;][ATTACH=full]869136[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Beardless laureate Janiform head of the Dioscuri XVI monogram below right chin, control letter R below left chin</p><p><br /></p><p>C FONT (NT in monogram)</p><p>galley left ROMA below</p><p><br /></p><p>Rome 114-113 BC</p><p><br /></p><p>Sear 167, RRC 290/1</p><p><br /></p><p>3.88g</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Calgary Coin</p><p><br /></p><p>This type honors the naval exploits of Publius Fonteius Capito, who was praetor in Sardinia in 169 BC. The obverse relates to the origin of the Fonteia gens, which claimed as its founder Fontus, the son of Janus, in whose honor the Fontinalia was held on October 13.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]869137[/ATTACH] </p><p><b>119 BC M. Furius L. f. Philus</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>M FOVRI L F</p><p>Laur. head of Janus</p><p><br /></p><p>ROMA to right PHILI in ex (PHI in monogram)</p><p>Roma standing left crowning trophy with carnyx and shield on each side, star above Roma</p><p><br /></p><p>Commemorates the victories over the Allobroges and the Arverni in Gaul in 121 BC by CN Domitius Ahenobarbus and Q. Fabius Maximus only a few years earlier</p><p><br /></p><p>Ex-Baranoesky Roma[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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