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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2241890, member: 56859&quot;]Congratulations on your first denarius!&nbsp; Julia Domna is a fine choice.&nbsp; I&#039;m still on the hunt for one or two of hers.</p><p><br /></p><p>My first denarius is a bit of a mystery-- not the coin, but the purchasing of the coin.&nbsp; It was August 2013 and my newly found ancient coin fever was at a, well, <i>feverish</i> pitch <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t remember bidding on it.&nbsp; When the invoice arrived I was puzzled.&nbsp; I remembered the other two on the invoice; they were on my watch list and I clearly recall bidding.&nbsp; This anonymous denarius wasn&#039;t on the list.&nbsp; I do recall watching the auction and bidding on a couple of others, but not this one.&nbsp; After a few weeks I vaguely recalled seeing it hit the block and thinking it was lovely.&nbsp; Apparently I bid.&nbsp; I&#039;m glad I bought it but a bit alarmed by the memory lapse.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_248654562c684705acf39ffdf771e233.jpg_srb_p_1000_496_75_22_0.50_1.20_0.00_jpg_srb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, Anonymous </b></p><p>Rome, 115-114 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 20 mm, 3.91 g, 10 h</p><p>Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind, ROMA below</p><p>Rev: Roma, helmeted, seated on two shields, holding spear before her, she-wolf standing right at her feet, head turned back, sucking Romulus and Remus. In left and right fields, two birds flying towards her.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 287/1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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