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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4481324, member: 51347&quot;]VERY nice, JW!&nbsp; Nice captures.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=81093]@AussieCollector[/USER] , that is an EXCELLENT coin to grab!&nbsp; The Curule Chair is literally the Seat of Power!&nbsp; Forget thrones, this chair was foldable, portable, and can allow a Magistrate to exert power and judgement anywhere they travel.&nbsp; There was no backs allowed on the chairs, as the Magistrate was to administer justice or decisions in a timely manner.&nbsp; This was real, in-the-field, symbol of power.</p><p><br /></p><p>Glad you jumped right back into the game.&nbsp; I have done the same, posted a cool coin, then [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] , with his keen eye, caught my coin as a fake.&nbsp; I later got a Sear opinion so that I had a record and to use it as a study coin.&nbsp; Best advice to me was to jump back in, QUICKLY!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Curule Chair, gifted to me by a dear Coin Friend, [USER=72818]@Mikey Zee[/USER] !&nbsp; I really miss his postings...</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, how many folks have a <b>Monty Python</b> <b>FOOT as a device</b> on their coin???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113257[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>P Furius Crassipes</p><p>84 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius 19mm 3.84g</p><p>Rome mint, Turreted head Cybele right, AED CVR behind, <b>device - foot upward</b></p><p>Curule chair, P. FOVRIVS on chair, CRASSIPES below.</p><p>Cr 356-1a Syd 735 Furia 20</p><p>Comment:&nbsp; Major mintage due to grain distribution, by AEDILE CURULE Furius.&nbsp; No SC shown on coins. The foot was a symbol of the monetary cognomen (Crassipes)</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1113258[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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