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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryro, post: 3280203, member: 91461&quot;]Fun thread idea!</p><p>Is it just the picture or does your Trajan look like the 4 is a stamp and the other marks look carved in, presumably after the fact?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anywho, I&#039;ve always wondered why the &quot;bankers mark&quot; is an R? What does it stand for?? Was it placed in modern or ancient times???</p><p>[ATTACH=full]867089[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Julius Caesar</p><p>49-48 BCE AR</p><p>denarius (18 mm, 3.43g, 2 h).</p><p>Military mint traveling with</p><p>Caesar. CAESAR in exergue,</p><p>elephant advancing right,</p><p>trampling on horned serpent /</p><p>Simpulum, sprinkler, axe</p><p>(surmounted by a dog&#039;s head),</p><p>and priest&#039;s hat. Crawford</p><p>443/1; HCRI 9; Sydenham</p><p>1006; RSC 49. Banker&#039;s mark on</p><p>obverse, porous. Near fine.</p><p>From the Expatriate Collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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