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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2431980, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m going to use this thread for other coins collected for my &quot;Alternative Modes of Transportation&quot; set.</p><p><br /></p><p>A centaur biga from moneyer M. Aurelius Cotta was high on the buy list and I was lucky to find a decent coin recently, at a reasonable price.&nbsp; It is from last night&#039;s CrackOut party <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]505480[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>ROMAN REPUBLIC, M. Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>139 BCE</p><p>AR Denarius, 20 mm, ? gm (can&#039;t find my scale right at the moment <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Obv:&nbsp; helmeted head of Roma right; X (mark of value) behind; COTA before; dotted border</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; Hercules carrying a club, driving biga of centaurs right; centaurs each carrying a branch; M·AVRELI (AVR is ligate); in exergue, ROMA; line border</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Crawford 229/1b; Sydenham 429; Aurelia 16</p><p><i>formerly slabbed, NGC bulk submission holder, &quot;VF&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>On this coin, Roma looks like someone you wouldn&#039;t want to cross!</p><p><br /></p><p>For a supposedly &quot;common&quot; coin, this one sure was a bit tough to find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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