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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cucumbor, post: 2453633, member: 4298&quot;]Hi folks,</p><p><br /></p><p>The last Naville Numismatics auction has given me the opportunity of acquiring two new RR denarii that I&#039;m very happy with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Following Doug&#039;s wise advice of &quot;<i>style over condition</i>&quot; I pulled the trigger for a Plaetorius denarius of fantastic style to my eyes, but with a nasty graffiti on the obverse. Fortunately, coin in hand, it&#039;s much less visible and it doesn&#039;t distract from the beauty of the portrait</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0010-068d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus. Denarius </b> Rome mint, c. 69 BC</p><p>Male head right (Mercury ?) with flowing hair. Behind symbol</p><p>M·PLAETORI – CEST·EX·S·C Winged caduceus</p><p>18 mm, 3,86 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV #344, RSC Plaetoria # 5, Sydenham # 807, RBW # 1453, Crawford # 405/5</p><p><i>From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli collection</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have a question regarding the control mark : seller&#039;s description mentions a <i>scroll</i> as control mark, but I have hard time seeing a scroll (whatever a scroll might be). Browsing through the web all the Plaetorius denarii I could didn&#039;t help me finding a similar control mark.</p><p>Does any of you have an idea about what that mark might be ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance</p><p><br /></p><p>And please post anything relevant : Gens Plaetoria denarii, coins you still find attractive despite a graffiti, and so on...</p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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