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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 8252812, member: 91461&quot;]Way to go [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie100" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />So jealous<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />!!! I bid on at least 5 of those dirty sock coins and was blown away every single time!</p><p><br /></p><p>Though, I am glad you shared your Creperius. I&#039;ve wondered ever since winning my second coin of the type if ours are die matches:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454381[/ATTACH]</p><p>Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus (69 BC). AR serratus denarius (19mm, 1h). NGC Choice Fine, bankers marks. Rome. Draped bust of Amphitrite right, seen from behind; Sea anemone (erroneously listed as oenochoe by Heritage) left, I right / Q•CREPER•M•F / ROCVS, Neptune driving biga of hippocamps right, brandishing trident in right hand, reins in left; I above. Crawford 399/1b. Sydenham 796. Crepereia 1. Ex: CNG 261 lot 239 Aug 2011, Auctiones GMBH #67 March 2020, Purchased from Heritage Feb 2022. From the Werner Collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>Her counterpart with crab (claws):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454387[/ATTACH]</p><p>Creperius, Rocus</p><p>Denarius. 68 BC. Uncertain mint. (Ffc-657). (Craw-399-1b). (Cal-522). Obv: Bust of the back of the Sea Goddess to the right, C to the right, to the left crab. Rev .: Neptune with trident, in biga pulled by hippocampi to the right, below Q CREPER M (F) / ROCVS. Ag. 3.61 g. Usually struck off center. Very scarce. VF.</p><p>Ex: Tauler &amp; Fau</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, no one would confuse your and my Lucius Julius Caesars baby bigas:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454383[/ATTACH]</p><p>L. Iulius Lf Caesar</p><p>AR Denarius (16 mm, 3.96 g), Rome, 103 BC.</p><p>Obv. Helmeted head of Mars to left; above visor, ·F· and behind, CAESAR.</p><p>Rev. Venus in biga of Cupids to left; above, ·F· and below, lyre; in exergue, L·IVLI·L·F.</p><p>Syd. 593; Craw. 320/1.</p><p>Ex: Savoca</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s the founder of Rome&#039;s dad taking a ride on his son:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454384[/ATTACH]</p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>Denarius fouree, Africa, 47-46 BCE. AR 2.8 g. 18mm, Diademed head of Venus r. Rev. CAESAR Aeneas running l., carrying his father Anchises on his l. shoulder, holding palladium on his outstretched r. hand. This coin represents Caesar’s war coinage for the protracted campaign against the Pompians in Africa culminating in the battle of Thapsus.Cr. 458/1. Syd. 1013. </p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of, here are the mothers of Rome, the Sabines, being taken for a ride by those creepy early Romans:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454382[/ATTACH]</p><p>L Titurius L f Sabinus</p><p>- Rape of the Sabine Women Denarius</p><p>89 BC. Rome mint. Obv: bare head of King Tatius right, bearded, SABIN behind, palm-branch before. Rev: two Roman soldiers running, each bearing a Sabine woman in his arms; L TITVRI in exergue. Craw. 344/1b; Syd. 698; RSC Tituria 2; Sear 249. 3.76 grams.</p><p>Near very fine.</p><p>Ex: Timeline Auction</p><p><br /></p><p>The obligatory horses and what is that they&#039;re trampling???:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454386[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Elephant quadriga:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1454393[/ATTACH]</p><p>Seleukos I - Elephant Biga Drachm</p><p>312-281 BCE</p><p>Seleukeia ad Tigrim mint. Obv: laureate head of Zeus right. Rev: BASILEWS SELEYKOY to left and beneath Athena, holding spear and shield, driving quadriga of elephants right, anchor and DI above. 3.40 grams. Near very fine. [No Reserve]</p><p>Provenance</p><p>Property of a North London gentleman.</p><p>Literature</p><p>Houghton SC 130.1b; Hoover HGC 18a.</p><p>Purchased from Timeline auctions May 2021[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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