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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3226813, member: 74968&quot;]Just won this interesting coin from Artemide Aste. I love the history behind these coins. There is a link below from the auction house which goes into some detail about the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>From the auction house:</p><p>&quot;Among the coins presented here, many are not listed in RRC’s Table XXIX (Pair Number 5, 13, 15, 17, 23, 35 offered for the first time in a public sale) and some are not in any public collections:&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>My coin is pair #15. There are 5 known examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to post your favourite RR coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For more details on these coins See: &quot; <a href="https://www.artemideaste.com/blog/view/9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.artemideaste.com/blog/view/9" rel="nofollow">An Unprecedented Important Collection of Cr. 363 / 1a-b</a> &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]841458[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Censorinus. AR Denarius, 82 BC. Pair number: 15. D / Laureate head of Apollo right. On right, [fish] off flan. R / L. CENSOR. The satyr Marsyas standing left, with right arm raised and holding wine-skin over left shoulder; behind, column bearing statue on top. On right, letter D. Cr. 363 / 1a. B. (March) 24. AR. g. 3.85 mm. 16.50 RRRR. Of the highest rarity, only 5 known specimens. Old tone cabinet. VF.</p><p>The gash across the reverse surface is an &#039;al marco&#039;. (C. Stannard &#039;The adjustment to the mark of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging&#039; in &#039;Metallurgy in numismatics vol 3&#039; Royal Numismatic Society, 1993).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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