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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 3520349, member: 4298&quot;]Hi CT friends</p><p><br /></p><p>Although Roman republican coinage isn&#039;t a main focus of mine, I find myself with a growing interest in them, and probably a third of my 20 last entries are republican.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, sometimes a coin type is so common that one always thinks time will come when they&#039;ll find the right one.... but time flies and they still don&#039;t have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The L Calpurnius Piso Frugi Apollo/horseman is one of those. Although I&#039;ve been collecting ancient for 40 years, I never found myself ready for one until a few weeks ago</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0010-061-2000.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi, Denarius </b> Rome mint, 90 BC</p><p>Laureate head of Apollo right, Δ below chin</p><p>Naked horseman galloping right, holding whip; above swan. L.PISO.FRUGI / ROMA at exergue</p><p>3,93 gr - 18,8 mm</p><p>Ref : RCV # 235, RSC # 12b, RRC # 340/1-Calpurnia 12b-symbol 166</p><p><i>Ex. Naville Numismatics</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>What really drove me to bidding on that one are the swan in the reverse field, above the horseman, and the slight off-center giving a feeling the rider and his horse are going to jump out of the flan just as they would in a rush (a tiny off-center sometimes gives a dynamic to the reverse scene). In hand the toning isn&#039;t bad either (yes I&#039;m pretty happy with it as you might guess)</p><p><br /></p><p>Quotie from a comment in RCV, millenium edition, p.117 : &quot;t<i>his extraordinarily large and complex issuerepresents one of the principal war-coinages of the Romans during the conflict with the Marsic confederation. The control marks are legions and consist of letters, numerals and symbols in a multitude of combinations on obv. and rev.</i>&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments are welcome, and please post anything you find relevant, RR denarii, Gens Calpurnia, horsemen, Apollo, birds (chicken, even cooked chicken with bacon included) or whatever you like</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheers</p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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