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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1221583, member: 26030&quot;]<font face="verdana"><font size="2">I just made my first Ancient Coin purchase (a 2,100 year old Roman coin).&nbsp; A few things really attracted me to this coin. </font></font><font face="verdana"><font size="2">The primary motivating factor for me was I loved the interesting toning/color on both sides -- I have seen few ancient coins with color this nice.&nbsp; </font></font><font face="verdana"><font size="2">I loved the ornate designs on both sides -- the head of mars with the helmet and stars on the obverse -- and the wreath &amp; the galley with oars on the reverse (at first I thought the galley was a bird!).&nbsp; I liked the fact there was writing on both sides; it appears many ancients have little or no writing, or lettering on just one side. I liked the fact it was graded by NGC as I was concerned about buying a counterfeit (with little knowledge, it made me feel better that it was graded and authenticated).</font></font></p><p><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></p><p><font face="verdana"><font size="2">This was information from the seller:</font></font></p><p><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><span style="color: #8b4513"><b>Roman Republic</b></span></font></font></p><p><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></font></font><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><b>Q. Lutatius Cerco 109-108 BC</b></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"></font></font></span></span><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><b>AR Denarius (3.8 gr)</b></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></span><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><b>Sear 182</b></font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></span><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><u><b>Obverse</b></u>: Head of Mars wearing crested Corinthian helmet ornamented with stars.</font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"></span></span><span style="color: #242424"><span style="color: #8b4513"><font face="verdana"><font size="2"><u><b>Reverse</b></u>: Galley right, Q.LVATI/Q; surrounded by oak leaf wreath.</font></font></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #242424"><br /></span></p><p>I have so many questions about this:&nbsp; </p><p>Was Cerco the ruler of Rome at that time?&nbsp; Is Denarius the denomination?&nbsp; Does anyone know how much that was (roughly)? I am guessing this is a silver coin?&nbsp; No idea what &quot;Sear 182&quot; means!&nbsp; If anyone can translate the other writing on the coin, that would be great!&nbsp; I paid $237.50 on eBay and there were 52 bids (which is a lot of bids).&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there an online price guide for ancient coins?&nbsp;&nbsp; Also there books or web reference sites anyone can recommend?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]129724.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]129725.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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