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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bing, post: 1645129, member: 44132&quot;]<font size="2">This is the last of the group of 7 coins purchased last week.&nbsp; Actually, I posted this coin in the thread about horses, but, be that as it may, I wanted to give it it&#039;s own thread like the others.</font></p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2">L Calpurnius Piso Frugi AR Denarius</font></p><p><font size="2">OBV:&nbsp; Laureate head of Apollo r., behind, point control, front, check letter</font></p><p><font size="2">REV:&nbsp; Horseman galloping towards r., holding a palm branch, above, symbol, and below Piso Frvgi / check letter</font></p><p><font size="2">Struck at Rome, 90 BC</font></p><p><font size="2">3.93g, 19mm</font></p><p><font size="2">Cr340/1, Sydenham 670d. bb/Calpurnia 11</font></p><p>[ATTACH]237878.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]237879.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This type refers to the Ludi Apollinares, established in 212 BC. The annual celebration of these games was proposed by the praetor L.Calpurnius Piso, an ancestor of the moneyer. </p><p><br /></p><p>Gens Calpurnia[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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