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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orfew, post: 3373903, member: 74968&quot;]Nice writeup. Here is my coin with Marsyas.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></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. (Marcia) 24. AR. g. 3.85 mm. 16.50 RRRR. Of the highest rarity, only 5 specimens known. Old cabinet tone. VF.<i>The gash across the reverse surface is an &#039;adjustment al marco&#039;. (C. Stannard &#039;The adjustment al marco of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging&#039; in &#039;Metallurgy in numismatics vol 3&#039; Royal Numismatic Society, 1993).</i></p><p>Ex: Artemide Aste Auction L Lot 246. November 3, 2018.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;</i><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"><i>An Unprecedented Important Collection of Cr. 363/1a-b</i></a><i>&quot;</i></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894971[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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