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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2604945, member: 51347&quot;]Hmmm... I actually have about 8 coins that I have purchased since I posted my Top Coins for 2016.&nbsp; I THOUGHT that I was going to end on the Carthage EL Stater, but, too many fun ones popped up on my radar.</p><p><br /></p><p>My last coin of 2016 is a Roman Republic AR Denarius... </p><p><br /></p><p>I thought that I would share this one, as I really like the subject of the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]569217[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>42 BCE</p><p>Moneyer:&nbsp; L Livineius Regulus&nbsp; (one of <b>4</b> Moneyers that year!&nbsp; A quattuorvirate)</p><p>AR Denarius 3.7g, 19mm</p><p>Obv: Bare head of the praetor L. Livineius Regulus right</p><p>Rev: <b>Gladiatorial scene</b>; in foreground, one man attacks lion with spear; in back ground, second man with shield and sword attacks panther; on left, wounded boar; in exergue, L. REGVLVS</p><p>Ref: Sear 489; Crawford 494/30; Syd. 1112</p><p>Comment: bankers mark and scratch on obverse.&nbsp; I love the gentle wear on the rough gladiatorial scene!</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><i>Please POST ANY OF YOUR COOL REPUBLIC COINS!!!</i></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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